Confidence

      As we know, "Failure is the mother of success." In my opinion, "Success is the baby of confidence."

      First of all, confidence can make us happier. Life is such like a wonderful song, with bright and colorful painting. If confidence is with us in our life, we'll find that life is really becomes much more interesting and richer. You may try the things you've never done, discuss your ideas with your classmates, and perform in a huge place with hundreds of people.

      Then, confidence makes us brave and courageous. If we lack of confidence in ourselves, how can we overcome difficulties when we meet them? If we have no confidence in ourselves, how can we succeed in developing ourselves in the future? Without confidence, nothing can be accomplished. So, if you want to success, you have to have confidence. Take a look at the photo I posted on line, a little cat can see her/himself as a lion, why couldn't you? Maybe you will become a real "lion" one day.

      Finally, I would like to use the following sentences as our mutual encouragement words: "If you think you can, you can.", "Nothing is impossible."

A Extremely Excellent Show

  Approximately 1 year is to be spent on preparing for this show.From the initial signing up as Tech crew, designing background, making up, to the last performance , we(Tech crew) paid attention to every detail meticulously even the dialogue, musical, and other effects.
  In the first three month of the year, indicator attend to let every actor played games(some great board games or improvisation) to be familiar with team members and division of work.
  Meanwhile, we set about composing music and helping Art team to design background.Fortunately for us, we got a IT teacher who was willing to support us,he has nature talents, skills, and interests of coding.He gave me a program which is comprises of variety of sound effect and accompanies.
 When we step to right place gradually, accelerating-process presented us with a major conundrum.In art 15 of the show,we needed to create a nightscape which rendered by glowworms glittering below,star above.It took long time to consider which material will achieve the desired effect.After a prolonged endeavor,we found the ornamental cups of instant noodles with flash light which perfectly compliance requirement, and also economical.
  Resolved the issue of stars,we were going to examined the background if they need us .The Art team already moved canvas into the stage while we arrived multi-media, this background was barely in embryo. On the other hand, we had to optimize the light effect, in other words, I supposed to remember corresponding code of each color,it's just a piece of cake which compare to making up.

 Although it's easy for Art team to facsimile primary character, but transform the painting to 3 dimension also contain high technology.
 During the rehearsal,we keep repeating the same thing over and over again since all of us are devoted to the best performance.Usually a improper gesture would cause repeating whole screen again.
 Time is fleeting, as three month of rehearsal drew to the close .We needed to face actual performance with confidence and passion. Those hours of rehearsing took possession of the long-anticipated moment.At the very end of the play,we invited headmaster's son to portray the daughter of Simba, to imply the sequel.(LionKing2)
  After the final performance, we ordered takeout and had a brief meeting, to summarize the superb show and great effort, eventually, this year's school play concluded with gifts and dinner.

September Saturday

This weekend I went to a Airshow in Maryland.Actually I don't want to go,but my guardian said the last Airshow is before three years ago.So I (was reluctant) to go to Maryland because It's so early .We arrived here on 10:00.And there are at least 1000 people stand near the airstrip. And they takes picnic cloth and folding stool to lay on the floor.They buy some hotdog for lunch,( then sit).I was sitting on the ground and holding up a large umbrella to cover my body prevent the sun from drying and stop move, sometimes saw the plan flying in the sky .Because we just wait for "Blue Bird's" plan show. [#%*^+~$€_£•]  After the plan's noise and the team's wonderful performance . I got home and I     got to bed.

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  [  I'm sorry for late to my homework ]

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Joining volleyball team

    I love any activities relating to moving; dancing, shopping, hiking and biking. However, I had never tried playing team sports. I believe a team sport has great opportunity to learn communicating and cooperating. My mom used to talk about how much fun she had playing volleyball when she was at her college and encouraged me to have a chance to learn the game. Fortunately, I found out the New School had a volleyball team!
It has been a week to participate in our volleyball team. I love it.  I heard that sport was very good for not only health but also friendship. I joined the team, expecting for making new friends. However, I was worried about my skills to play the sport. Because I did not want contribute myself to losing games. Fortunately, our team mates are so understanding that I I didn't feel discouraged. Their supports inspired me to practice more and sharpen my skills. I really want to be an excellent volleyball player, who will help the New School volleyball team to be the final winner.

Summer Camp in MVCDS

  Last month,before I go to the New School,I participated a summer camp which is in Ohio.The school is called Maumee Valley Day School.I was very glad that I can take part in the summer camp in MVCDS.And in this camp,I made many friends who are from different area in China.At first, I can learn the ESL class,this is very important that I can improve my English and also broaden my eyes. We also went to Ann Arbor to visit the university of Michigan which is one of the most excellent and famous college in America. When I in the Michigan, the fist impression on me was that how huge the school was . There were many different style building in the school.I think  in this university this building was characteristic. You can easily recognize what the buildings were use for. and I took a lot of pictures,it is very beautiful.  We spent three hours in the university of Michigan. We were very exciting and cheerful.
                                                           

 

   When we finished , we had some free time to go shopping and we had dinner in Ann Arbor , the food is delicious and wonderful.

 The day in MVCDS is significant and happy.I really thank you for the teacher.

Which is more important,career or love?

contention 1: the existence of the courtship is net detrimental to the career due to the fact that the case of love possesses a high probability for being a distraction

contention 2: as a matter of fact, the desire of love should be a catalyst for people's life only under the condition of their career is getting more and more concrete and stable, and the capability of harboring the burden and the obligation should be enhanced after the process of the construction of the career  

contention 3: pragmatically speaking, despite the fact that the desire of love is a human nature which should not be suppressed, people need to show more restraint when encountering the particular proposition which involves in the element of emotion since a career should be constructed by the realistic decisions not the swing of emotions.

  

                                       feeling

  I am very glad to come  New School and I am glad to meet everyone. 
   I can do whatever i want to do in here，just the way you are.   
   I joined the school's volleyball team a few days ago.We have already played two games，we won the first game. I heard that last year our school volleyball team just won a few times. So, I am very happy that we can win the game. And I even scored. This is unbelievable. But for the second game, we lost. I think one of the reason is we are guest team. That place is not our home space. But we will practice more, and become stronger. We are confident to win the next game!  
   I love you guys～～～

A "Wonderful" / Wonderful Day

        Let me tell you guys a story about what happened today, and why it was so "wonderful' and wonderful. 
        I woke up at 7 this morning, then my guardian told me I need to go to school at 8, but usually I go there at 40. For that reason, I arrived school at 8:07, and sat in the cold wind for 40 minutes. That's the "wonderful" part. However, we had two English test today, one of them is grammar, and the other one is vocab. Generally, I supposed to review the test yesterday, but I put all my review sheets in my binder and left them at school. Then the result is, I can't review anymore, and I may get a really bad grade. The good thing about arrived school early than usual is that I can  get more time to study. So I asked Anna to take pictures of all the papers and review them in that "extra" 40 minutes! I always know if I go to school at 8:40 as usual, I'll waste all the time to do other things instead of study. And by the way, I saw two little chipmunks this morning. I'm so happy about that is because I can't see them frequently. 
        As we planned, I finished my test, and the grade is really not that bad. While I was doing the test, I came out a paragraph about what I had thought  and found. I found that was pretty funny and easy to write. That was kind of the wonderful part too. 
        The math test in the afternoon was even much more easier than I thought at first. So I finished it very quickly and chat with Anna about all our grades for the last 20 minutes. 
        After the school ended, I walked to home as usual. Sounds like a pretty normal thing, right? But if you know I walked to home for 45 minutes through the scorching sun, then I've been knocked outside of my house, what do you think? After I found this desperate truth, I sat on the ladders in front of my house and did my homework. While I was doing that, many mosquitos came really closed to me, they made my arms itchy, and I can totally hear their sounds clearly. That was pretty annoying. 
        When I'm about to think this must be the worst thing that happened today, I found something really interesting and surprised me. It made all my bad feelings disappeared. Guess what is it? Right! I found a hummingbird! That was the first time I saw a real one instead of the videos or pictures on the internet! It was so small and pretty, just like the imaginations in my mind. Nothing can be more wonderful than that. 
          I must say today was just too miraculous, and amazing. What a "wonderful" and wonderful day!
         

Living with kid

  I'm now living with my aunt's family that has a 8 years old kid,my little cousin.I stayed alone in China when I was at his age so I have no idea about how to get on with him.That become a huge challenge ,a good experience for me.
  As I said earlier,my cousin is a 8 year old boy who is very lively,chatty and popular in school,he can get on well with his friends.He likes reading and sports as well.But according to his own words,he loves video games the best. Before I came to America,my aunt said he was hard to manage because of the games.
  At the first few weeks,I can talk with him about what his interested in.But later the problem appeared,he might think I do not have enough patience and I'm trying to fix our relation.I'm trying to be more patient to him and understand him,though it's hard to stay with a little kid ,it has a lot of interest.

Dress Parade

     In September 3rd, there is a grand dress parade in Beijing China for anniversary celebration of the victory of Anti-Fascist war. China has contributed a lot of works and sacrifice for fighting with Japan, one of the most powerful countries during the World War Two.
     I was not that interested in the Parade when I was young. But since I have read a wide range of some stories of Chinese government, I became more and more care about the Parades in my own country. Except the performance of the army, one of the special thing happened in this celebration is all of the three leaders (former presidents and current president) joint the show and watching it together. It has never happened before, one reason is that their relationship is no as good as people think.
    And during this parade, I heard a song that I have not heard officially for almost 1 year, my national anthem. Last time I listen to this song in public still being with my friends in middle school in China. If people says some songs have magic, I will not doubt that. National Anthem had affected me a lot, it brought me to the memory of life in China, and I got heavy homesick.

Time Travel

     "Pete! Don't go to outside! Today is not!" my mom said.
     "Why?" I asked.
     "No reason! Please stay in the home!" My mom looked like angry.
     "I want to play with my friends. I arrived China just 5 days from America!" I require her.
     "Don't say more. I don't allow you to go outside," my mom said.

     I was angry. At night, I went bed. Later the door of my room was opening. I saw the colorful light was shining. Then one old man came to my room, and asked me," Do you want to have time travel, boy?"

     "Time travel?" I was surprised. "Are you kidding me? How did you come to my room just now? Please go out!"
     "I am not cheating you. Please come down. You merely answer my question. If you answer that, I will disappear on your life. By the way, I am the man of the time," the old man said.
     I didn't believe that, and said, "OK, I really want to see how my mom gave birth to me."
     Then the old man smiled and waved his hands.
     "BOOM!"
     "Quickly! Hold on! The baby is coming!" I heard one person was so exciting. 10 minutes later, I feed cold and insecure, and I guess I came out from something. One man was holding me and watching me, and I was watching him, too. Then I was turned back by his hands.
     "He is so quiet," the man said.
     "Pa!" the man used his hand to beat my ass. "Pa!" the second beating. "Pa!" The third beating. I thought that is so hurt! And then I cried.
     2 hours later, the man held me to the bed. I saw one woman was on the bed. She looked so happy, but she was tired. When I was coming, she used all of power to open her eyes and to watch me. Her mouse's corner move up a little bit. I smell one familiar flavor from her.
     "Oh, finally. I love you, my son. You are so lovely. Fortunately, I have you, baby. Although I must pay huge money. (The Chinese parents must pay huge money for the second child)I love you, baby." Then my tear was coming.
     "BOOM!"
     "Welcome to the reality, my friend," one old man said.
     I rubbed my eyes. And I cannot see the woman. I only see one old man stand in my room. "Am I come back by you?" I asked.
      "No, you already found you heart. That why you came back. Hahaha!" The old man was laughing, "Don't scare your mom do strict things to you. She loves you! If you don't trust me. You can ask tomorrow." Then the old man disappeared.
     On the second day, I came to my mom's room. And asked her, "Mom, why did you let me stay in home yesterday?"
     "I want to see you, my baby. Because you only arrived China for 5 days. We already haven't seen each other for one year. I miss you so much," my mom said sadly.
     "I love you, mom!" I cried.

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A trip to Mt. Jiri

 It was June and my homeroom teacher called all the boys together. Everyone was curious about why the teacher had called only the boys. The teacher, who was a former swimmer and our P.E teacher, told everyone about a camping trip to Mt. Jiri during summer vacation, which would be a camping expedition through the woods of Mt. Jiri. Everyone was interested in his idea.
After we arrived at Mt. Jiri, everybody was excited for our hike. After taking a picture, we started climbing. I was only thinking about how the air would feel in the mountains. Before climbing the mountain, I was expecting the nature itself, and the fresh air. But minutes later I realized that it was getting hot. The more I walked, the more I sweated. I felt so bad for myself for wearing jeans. I was in the middle of the mountain, but it felt like I was in the middle of the desert in Arizona.
When I finally reached the top. I was so moved by the scenery. The view made me think about my mom. We were above the clouds. The mountain seemed like an island floating. My body felt light as if I were able to float in the sky. However, my bag was still heavy.

Happy Summer

      Happy Summer

          I had a good time in the summer. I went to Seattle, Los Angeles, Mexico with my mom. Meeting my friends, eating the delicious food, enjoy the beach. Then I went back to China, my hometown Beijing, I miss my family so much! I went to Chengdu to visit Jacinda. Lu, Leslie, Qunnie, Jacinda and me, we hanging out together and we ate the most spicy hotpot in the world. I went to HongKong with my dad, I bought a lot of things with my dad, shopping is so much fun for me! Coming back from HongKong I went to DaiLian, I stayed one night, I hanging out with the girl who studyed in  New York now. She is an awesome pianist. Then, is time come back to America! The school stared, soooo sad, but I went to New York Ezoo music festival on the first weekend, is great! Now the happy summer, the end...

A Volunteer Day in China

A Volunteer Day in China

I volunteered at a Reading Exhibition event in China. When I started the volunteer work, I felt it was extremely tiresome because my job was to serve as an elevator operator for all the audience. I was incredibly mad at my disappointing decision of volunteering at this event. I could not wait to leave the exhibition.

However, during lunchtime, some outgoing and friendly volunteers were sitting close to me, and they came to say “ Hello”. We became friends immediately. Having friends warmed my heart, and I became more optimistic. I started to make effort to serve the audience with smiles and make them feel more comfortable and welcomed. For the rest of the day, I smiled to all the audience and said “ Hi!” or “How are you?” Every now and then, my friends came to me and talked with me. We talked about our hobbies and shared our expectations prior to this event, our different roles at the event, as well as our gains from this experience. I felt that I was so right about signing up for this volunteer project.

When the Reading Exhibition ended, it was raining cats and dogs. We could not get out at all, so we started to hang out inside and read some books. We did not go home until the rain slowed down. We spent a lot quality and memorable time together.

After I got home, I started to appreciate and cherish my previous “tiresome” decision, and I had a better understanding of what my mother once told me, “Sometimes things might not always be satisfactory; however, they might bring another stunning surprise for you in the near future”.