2011溫哥華島之旅
七月22日星期三的時候,我、妹妹、媽媽、叔叔、嬸嬸、和家麒(堂弟)大清早就到Sheraton Hotel集合,等雄獅旅行團的到來。後來導遊Vivi Lee到達,李小姐開著24 人坐的小巴士載我們去Horseshoe 碼頭坐遊輪。我們搭的是一艘巨大的遊輪(BC Ferry)。渡輪裡有五花八門的小店、販賣機、連遊戲室(Arcade)都有! 過了漫長的一個小時又三十五分,我們終於到溫哥華島(Vancouver Island)了!
導遊帶我們到渡輪的停車場上巴士,然後往溫哥華的第二大城市Nanaimo(納奈摩)出發。Nanaimo在加拿大印地安話的意思是「聚在一起」,我覺得很有趣! 接著,導遊帶我們去Nanaimo一個很有名的壁畫鎮叫Chemainus(倩美奈思)看壁畫。那裡的每一張壁畫都栩栩如生。其中最有名的是三個印地安人頭的那一幅,表現出加拿大印地安人的日常生活。
接下來,我們去Duncan City看圖騰柱(totem pole)。Duncan City 全部的圖騰柱都是從不同村落找來的。大部分圖騰柱的是雷鳥(thunder bird),老鷹,熊,和青蛙組成的。對拿大印地安人來說,雷鳥一種神聖的動物,雄是陸地之神(土地公,哈哈xD),老鷹是天神,而有趣的圖騰柱,值得參觀。
六點的時候,我們終於到達美麗的布查花園(Butchart Gardens)了!聽說布查花園本來是布查先生(Mr. Butchard)開發的水泥場。經過了千辛萬苦,布查太太(Mrs. Buchard)和先生終於綠化了水泥場,將原本一片死寂的水泥場變成了充滿生機的大花園!布查花園真的非常大,裡面有日本花園、意大利園、玫瑰花園和各種色彩繽紛的園藝。
隔天早上六點半,我們準備出發去看野生海豹。這次看到的野生海豹和動物園裡的海豹完全不同,牠們比較活潑,也比較聰明,真得值得一看! 看完了海豹,我們搭小遊輪到鹽泉島(Salt Spring Island)市中心逛一逛,那裡有許多藝術店,每一家都有他的特色!
時光飛逝,歡樂的度假時光總是過得特別快,才一會兒就要回家了。今年夏天在溫哥華島的兩天讓我永生難忘,希望以後有機會可以再去一次!
8/01/2011
7/26/2011
07262011 Summer 2011
This summer is special; there are a lot of things going on. For example, my aunt Sabrina, little cousin Josh, and my uncle Eric came and visit us from Taiwan, going to Vancouver Island, Whistler, playing basketball outside, and also doing chores.
(Uncle Eric comes to visit from Kaohsiung, Taiwan 高雄叔叔來訪)
On the night of July/15/2011, I was super excited because my family from Taiwan is coming to visit the next day. I couldn’t sleep, but something unexpected happened. We got phone call at about 12:00 Pm saying that my aunt is coming over to our house in about 50 minutes! The whole family was stunned, we did our best cleaning up the whole house, vacuuming the floor and picking up scrap piece of garbage from every corner of the house. Finally, the doorbell rang at 1:00 AM. I ran to the door as fast as I could and burst the door open, I was so delighted when I saw my uncle, little cousin at the door. Me and Josh (my cousin) talked and played all night until about 3:30 AM, what a crazy day! I looked forward to go to Vancouver Island and Whistler with them.
The trip to Whistler was spectacular! There are tons of sweet mountain bikes with disk brakes at Whistler. Also, there are verities of shops there. My favourite shops in whistler were Lids, and QuickSilver. Lids have a lot of cool and awesome hats; I saw this one that is a toque and hat combined. I wanted it so bad, but t was $50, my mom won’t let me buy it. The QuickSilver shop had a lot of interesting summer clothing, but sadly, I didn’t want to buy it because things in whistler are really expensive.
Vancouver Island was also amazing. I went to Nanaimo, the beautiful Butchart Gardens and a lot more fun places. Nanaimo had a famous town called Chemairus; it has countless mirrors (wall painting). I see them everywhere I go. The Butchart Gardens was one of the best gardens I’ve seen in a while. There are the Japanese, Italian, rose garden, and a lot more terrific gardens. I had a really fun time there.
(My aunt Sabrina, cousin Josh, and my sister Karen)
This summer it going pretty well so far, I hope it would get even better so it will be the best summer ever!
7/24/2011
溫哥華島兩日遊
星期三的時候,我,哥哥,媽媽,家麒,嬸嬸,和叔叔一早就到Sheraton Hotel 去集合。 我們這一團有24 個人而我們導遊叫Vivi Lee,她開著車帶我們去Horsehore Bay 坐船。我們坐的是一艘很大的遊艇(BC Ferry)。船上有很多販賣機,咖啡店和禮品店。當你到船外面的時候,就可以看到許多小島和美麗的太平洋。過了一個小時又三十五分鐘,我們終於到溫哥華島(Vancouver Island)了!
到了島上,導遊就帶我們去溫哥華島的第二大城市~Nanaimo。那裡的風景很漂亮,剛好也沒下雨所以天空上的白雲也慢慢的飄過來,飄過去。我們只停了一下下就要出發到Chemainus 去看壁畫。那裡的建築物上幅幅的壁畫。其中最有名的是三個印地安人的那幅,表現出以前印地安人的生活。
接下來我們就去Duncan City看圖騰柱(Totem Pole)。聽說那些圖騰柱是從各個村落找來的。Duncan City 的街上又好多不同的圖騰柱,每根圖騰柱都有很精緻的圖畫。在市政府的旁邊就是全世界最大的圖騰柱。我想那棵樹一定很大!
到了四點,我們就開到美麗的布查花園(Butchart Garden)。裡面真的很大。有日本花園,義大利花園,玫瑰花園……尤其是玫瑰花園,裡面的玫瑰有好幾十種,五彩繽紛。最後還有一隻神豬的銅像!傳說你如果摸摸神豬的鼻子然後許個願望,它就會實現! 逛了兩個小時後大家都很累,於是我們就回飯店。飯店裡有養一隻狗,牠長得很像安可小時候,超可愛的!!可能是我很累吧,因為飯店的床真的超舒服的!
隔天早上我們六點多就起床準備出發去餵海豹。那裡的海豹是野生的,嬸嬸拍了很多可愛的照片,後來又有兩隻海豹遊過來。餵完海豹大家就坐小輪船到鹽泉島(Saltspring Island)。那裡有一個很漂亮的薰衣草花園,但是其時還蠻小的。那裡有賣薰衣草香皂,薰衣草乳液等等的東西,但我覺的最特別的是薰衣草冰淇淋。薰衣草冰淇淋酸酸甜甜的還有薰衣草在裡頭。
去完薰衣草花園我們就到Saltspring Island的市中心逛一逛。Saltspring Island的市中心有很多藝術店,每間店都非常有特色。時光飛逝,才過了一會兒,就要回家了。在溫哥華島時我真的玩得很開心,這短短的兩天讓我永生難忘!~~~
BBQ (Justin)
Today, me and Allan’s family had a BBQ lunch in our backyard. At 10:00 AM I was starving, waiting desperately for Allan’s family to come over. After one long hour of waiting, the doorbell finally rang.
I was overwhelmed, so I ran and opened the door excitedly. Like I expected, I saw Allan’s family standing in front of the door holding tons of meat for BBQ. Me and Aaron went to the backyard and set up the pans so we can eat earlier.
First, we took the kabobs on to the BBQ pan; I was latterly drooling when I heard the sizzling sound the meat make on the pan. When the kabobs are ready, Allan, Aaron and I finished in a split second. One juicy kabob obviously didn’t satisfy us, so we ate about 5 kabobs.
Then, it’s the beef’s turn! We put the beef on the pan; it was sizzling louder than the kabob! When it was half cooked, we added some salt and pepper the make it taste even better.
After a few minutes, the beef is finally ready. The three of us grab the biggest piece and start attacking on the super juicy beef. We got satisfied by eating about 6 of them. I was pretty full, but I figured that I could eat some more food so I drank about 4 cups of iced tea. My stomach was exploding!
After eating, I decided to burn some calories from the BBQ mean, so I went outside and play basketball for about 30 minutes. That wasn’t enough; I also did my workout routine. Overall, I had a great day, I wish we could do the BBQ lunch again in the summer.
Whistler (Justin)
Whistler
It has been an exciting week. Recently, my Aunt, uncle, and cousin came to visit us from Taiwan. We went to a lot of places such as, Grandville Island, Holland Park, and Whistler. I think Whistler was the best of all, we had loads of fun.
We planned to leave at 9:30 AM, but the travel agent called right when we were about to leave. My mom and the travel agent talked for about 1 hour about our trip to Butchart Garden, Victoria, so we left at 10:30 instead. The two hour car ride was long and painful; I sat in the back with my cousin. There is barely room for my legs to stretch. We stopped by A&W for lunch; the calories and fat of the food was OFF THE CHART, I regret eating those junk food.
Anyways, we arrived Whistler at about 1:00 o’clock. The first thing I saw was TONS of sweet mountain bikes with disk brakes. We decided to split up and go to different shops and meet up at the bench in front of Starbucks at 5:30. We went to countless shops, three of the best shops are, Lids, Cows Ice cream Shop, and a bike shop. There are a lot of awesome, yet expensive hats at Lids. I saw a hat that could also be used as a toque; unfortunately, it was 50.00 dollars so I couldn’t buy it. Next, we went to Cows Ice Cream Shop to eat some ice cream since it was so hot outside. Suddenly, I thought about all the calories ice cream have. I changed my mind. My sister bought 2 scoops of strawberry ice cream so I took a little bite out of it, it tasted pretty good but not as good as I thought. Lastly, I went into a bike shop full of awesome bikes. The bikes were so expensive; the sale price of a bike was 1000 dollars, no joke!
It was time to leave; we met up with my aunt uncle and cousin and headed to the parking lot. The trip home was tiring and long, it seems to take forever. At 9:00, we finally got home; I jumped on to the bed and fell asleep quickly. I had a great day at Whistler, I hope I can go there again some days
It has been an exciting week. Recently, my Aunt, uncle, and cousin came to visit us from Taiwan. We went to a lot of places such as, Grandville Island, Holland Park, and Whistler. I think Whistler was the best of all, we had loads of fun.
We planned to leave at 9:30 AM, but the travel agent called right when we were about to leave. My mom and the travel agent talked for about 1 hour about our trip to Butchart Garden, Victoria, so we left at 10:30 instead. The two hour car ride was long and painful; I sat in the back with my cousin. There is barely room for my legs to stretch. We stopped by A&W for lunch; the calories and fat of the food was OFF THE CHART, I regret eating those junk food.
Anyways, we arrived Whistler at about 1:00 o’clock. The first thing I saw was TONS of sweet mountain bikes with disk brakes. We decided to split up and go to different shops and meet up at the bench in front of Starbucks at 5:30. We went to countless shops, three of the best shops are, Lids, Cows Ice cream Shop, and a bike shop. There are a lot of awesome, yet expensive hats at Lids. I saw a hat that could also be used as a toque; unfortunately, it was 50.00 dollars so I couldn’t buy it. Next, we went to Cows Ice Cream Shop to eat some ice cream since it was so hot outside. Suddenly, I thought about all the calories ice cream have. I changed my mind. My sister bought 2 scoops of strawberry ice cream so I took a little bite out of it, it tasted pretty good but not as good as I thought. Lastly, I went into a bike shop full of awesome bikes. The bikes were so expensive; the sale price of a bike was 1000 dollars, no joke!
It was time to leave; we met up with my aunt uncle and cousin and headed to the parking lot. The trip home was tiring and long, it seems to take forever. At 9:00, we finally got home; I jumped on to the bed and fell asleep quickly. I had a great day at Whistler, I hope I can go there again some days
斯坦福大學開的這門課-- 女人的女朋友
(文章轉載)
前幾天一位好友Email給我一篇很有趣的文章[斯坦福大學開的這門課](They Teach It at Stanford)。
於是翻譯如下,和朋友們一起分享。
我剛剛上完在斯坦福大學的一門晚上開的課。
課堂上最後一個講座是關於身心連接(Mind-Body Connection),壓力與疾病的關係。
這位教授是斯坦福大學的精神病學主治,他說,對一個男人的身體健康來說,最好的事情之一,就是結婚,有一個家庭。而對於一個女人的身體健康來說,最好的事情之一,卻是她應該建立和培養她和女友之間的友誼關係。
剛開始聽到教授如此說,每個人都笑了,但教授是認真的!
女人和女人之間有著不同的互動關係,她們互相提供支持,幫助對方應對壓力和生活中的困難體驗。高品質的"女友的時間"(Girl friend Time)可以幫助她們創造更多的血清素,一種神經遞質,而有助於防治抑鬱症,並能給女人創造一個良好的自我感覺。
而男性之間的關係往往是建立在活動/事件(Activities)基楚上的。男人很少會坐下來與好友聊天,他們幾乎不會去聊自己對某些事物或私人生活的感受。談論工作嗎?可以;體育嗎?當然;汽車嗎?是的;釣魚、打獵、打高爾夫嗎?也樂意。但談論他們的感情感受?恐怕很少!
而女人總是在交流感情,探討感受的。她們和她們的姐妹/母親分享自己的靈魂,顯然這對女人的身體健康非常好。教授還說,其實對於女人來說,花點時間和女朋友一起交心,是和跑步或在健身房中鍛煉一樣重要的。
人們往往有一種思維傾向,那就是認為當我們在鍛煉時,是做了對自己身體全然有益的事;而當我們和朋友在一起消磨時光時,我們是在浪費自己的時間,我們應該從事比這更有效率的事。事實上,這是不正確的想法。教授說,不能建立和保持與其他人高品質的人際關係,其實是和我們吸煙一樣,對身體健康有著極大危害的!
所以當你每一次和女朋友在一起"閒聊"或"消磨時光"時,請你拍拍自己的肩膀,祝賀自己為著身體健康做了一件好事吧!有女朋友交心,我們其實非常非常的幸運。
讓我們舉杯慶祝自己與女朋友的友誼吧,這也是為了我們的身體健康!
ps.感謝好友 Julie C. email 分享
前幾天一位好友Email給我一篇很有趣的文章[斯坦福大學開的這門課](They Teach It at Stanford)。
於是翻譯如下,和朋友們一起分享。
我剛剛上完在斯坦福大學的一門晚上開的課。
課堂上最後一個講座是關於身心連接(Mind-Body Connection),壓力與疾病的關係。
這位教授是斯坦福大學的精神病學主治,他說,對一個男人的身體健康來說,最好的事情之一,就是結婚,有一個家庭。而對於一個女人的身體健康來說,最好的事情之一,卻是她應該建立和培養她和女友之間的友誼關係。
剛開始聽到教授如此說,每個人都笑了,但教授是認真的!
女人和女人之間有著不同的互動關係,她們互相提供支持,幫助對方應對壓力和生活中的困難體驗。高品質的"女友的時間"(Girl friend Time)可以幫助她們創造更多的血清素,一種神經遞質,而有助於防治抑鬱症,並能給女人創造一個良好的自我感覺。
而男性之間的關係往往是建立在活動/事件(Activities)基楚上的。男人很少會坐下來與好友聊天,他們幾乎不會去聊自己對某些事物或私人生活的感受。談論工作嗎?可以;體育嗎?當然;汽車嗎?是的;釣魚、打獵、打高爾夫嗎?也樂意。但談論他們的感情感受?恐怕很少!
而女人總是在交流感情,探討感受的。她們和她們的姐妹/母親分享自己的靈魂,顯然這對女人的身體健康非常好。教授還說,其實對於女人來說,花點時間和女朋友一起交心,是和跑步或在健身房中鍛煉一樣重要的。
人們往往有一種思維傾向,那就是認為當我們在鍛煉時,是做了對自己身體全然有益的事;而當我們和朋友在一起消磨時光時,我們是在浪費自己的時間,我們應該從事比這更有效率的事。事實上,這是不正確的想法。教授說,不能建立和保持與其他人高品質的人際關係,其實是和我們吸煙一樣,對身體健康有著極大危害的!
所以當你每一次和女朋友在一起"閒聊"或"消磨時光"時,請你拍拍自己的肩膀,祝賀自己為著身體健康做了一件好事吧!有女朋友交心,我們其實非常非常的幸運。
讓我們舉杯慶祝自己與女朋友的友誼吧,這也是為了我們的身體健康!
ps.感謝好友 Julie C. email 分享
7/20/2011
Whistler Trip 惠斯樂之旅
Whistler Trip
July 18, 2011
Yesterday, we went to Whistler to see the beautiful sight. It was a long 2 hour ride. There were lots of trees by the highway on the way to Whistler. I slept for most of the trip. After about 1 and half hours, we went to A&W to get some lunch. Ahhh! It was such a nice and partly cloudy day, perfect for going to Whistler.
When we finally arrived at Whistler, there was a huge inukshuk greeting us. We took many pictures of that. When we were at the parking lot, we saw lots of people with mountain bikes and they looked so cool with their helmets and protective gears! It is also some sort of anniversary or something for Jeep so there were Jeep shows at the parking lot. After we paid, we went off to explore the Whistler Village.
As we walked, mom was taking pictures of almost EVERYTHING such as flower baskets, signs, and even shops! Seriously mom, I personally think that there’s nothing special about those things so dear mom can you please stop taking so much pictures? Anyway, Justin got a mocha flavored frappucino from Starbucks and he let me drink some. Frappucinos taste pretty awesome! But I saw this ice cream shop named Cow’s last time and I think it is quite famous so I decided to get that instead. (since Starbucks are everywhere)
As we went on our way to find the famous Cow’s ice cream shop, mom kept taking pictures as usual. We finally found that big cow statue in front of the ice cream shop I had to promise mom to take a picture with the cow after I got my ice cream*sigh*okay I just can’t stand her sometimes…When I got into the shop, there were lots of different flavors of ice cream. There were also postcards, pens, posters, and other stuff with the Cow’s logo on it. The ice creams had some funky names like Gooey Mooey, Brownie Explosion, and much more crazy marks there were also normal names like strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. I got a two scoop ice cream on waffle cone I chose the mocha almond crunch and vanilla. (Cow’s are famous for their vanilla ice cream that’s why I chose it)Both of the flavors tasted so good! Especially the vanilla I also bought a couple bookmarks and a pen from Cow’s.
We mostly just went to shops for the rest of the trip and I didn’t buy anything else other than the stuff from Cow’s on I am such a good kid. When we were on our way back, we stopped at Lion’s Bay since it was so beautiful. I took some pictures from my ipod and we played tag by the beach. I had a great time yesterday and I got really tired. I look forward to our trip tomorrow!
July 18, 2011
Yesterday, we went to Whistler to see the beautiful sight. It was a long 2 hour ride. There were lots of trees by the highway on the way to Whistler. I slept for most of the trip. After about 1 and half hours, we went to A&W to get some lunch. Ahhh! It was such a nice and partly cloudy day, perfect for going to Whistler.
When we finally arrived at Whistler, there was a huge inukshuk greeting us. We took many pictures of that. When we were at the parking lot, we saw lots of people with mountain bikes and they looked so cool with their helmets and protective gears! It is also some sort of anniversary or something for Jeep so there were Jeep shows at the parking lot. After we paid, we went off to explore the Whistler Village.
As we walked, mom was taking pictures of almost EVERYTHING such as flower baskets, signs, and even shops! Seriously mom, I personally think that there’s nothing special about those things so dear mom can you please stop taking so much pictures? Anyway, Justin got a mocha flavored frappucino from Starbucks and he let me drink some. Frappucinos taste pretty awesome! But I saw this ice cream shop named Cow’s last time and I think it is quite famous so I decided to get that instead. (since Starbucks are everywhere)
As we went on our way to find the famous Cow’s ice cream shop, mom kept taking pictures as usual. We finally found that big cow statue in front of the ice cream shop I had to promise mom to take a picture with the cow after I got my ice cream*sigh*okay I just can’t stand her sometimes…When I got into the shop, there were lots of different flavors of ice cream. There were also postcards, pens, posters, and other stuff with the Cow’s logo on it. The ice creams had some funky names like Gooey Mooey, Brownie Explosion, and much more crazy marks there were also normal names like strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. I got a two scoop ice cream on waffle cone I chose the mocha almond crunch and vanilla. (Cow’s are famous for their vanilla ice cream that’s why I chose it)Both of the flavors tasted so good! Especially the vanilla I also bought a couple bookmarks and a pen from Cow’s.
We mostly just went to shops for the rest of the trip and I didn’t buy anything else other than the stuff from Cow’s on I am such a good kid. When we were on our way back, we stopped at Lion’s Bay since it was so beautiful. I took some pictures from my ipod and we played tag by the beach. I had a great time yesterday and I got really tired. I look forward to our trip tomorrow!
7/14/2011
2011 Basketball Camp
This summer, I joined the “camp basketball” summer camp. It was ehhh, so so ; you get to play basketball for 2 hours each day. I especially like the five on five basketball game because I get to be the point guard for the first time. Since elementary, I was too tall to be a point guard so I have to play defense. But in the basketball camp, I am medium sized, just right for a point guard.
Being a point guard is interesting because you get to control a lot of things in the game. Also, teammates rely on you to score and lead them. As a point guard, my favorite thing to do is scoring, and do ankle breaking cross overs. Playing a one and a half hour of basketball game is an exhausting thing, cramps and pulling muscles is a big issue, because it affects your performance in the game.
I usually don’t drink water until half time (drinking water makes you have cramps) also, I stretch before the game so I don’t pull my muscle and get injured. One thing I didn’t like about the camp is that people fowl WAY to much. The worst thing is, there are NO calls or any sort of penalties. I also hate it when I have the ball in my hand; people start grabbing the ball out of my hand. Again, there are no calls, just jump ball. I guess “camp basketball” is for people who don’t know how to play basketball. I think they should improve on their raff skills and focus on drills.
Over all, the basketball camp needs great improvement. It is way to expensive to charge $17.50 just to do some drills and play a game. I don’t want to go to that camp to waste money.
Cultus Lake Field Trip
CULTUS LAKE!!!
Yesterday at Preteen Extreme camp we went to Cultus Lake Waterslides to have some fun! It was definitely one of the trips that I will never forget.
At 9:30am mom drove me to Guilford Recreation Centre to meet up with the rest of the camp members. After everyone was there, we headed on our private bus. It took about 1 and half hour to get to the Cultus Lake Waterslides. When we got there and saw all of the awesome slides, everyone was really excited. I was a little scared but at the same time wanted to ride on the slides.
We hopped off the bus and our leaders started talking about the rules like to not shove and to be back on time……. After their 5 minute talk(which seems like a 5 hour talk to me) was over, me and my friends Sarah and Maggie ran straight to the most famous waterslide in the Cultus Lake Waterslides-THE VALLEY OF FEARS!!! The alley of fears was basically a GIGANTIC ramp. You ride on a tube (it can be a 1, 2, or 3 people tube) and slide down the ramp. You keep shifting back and forth back and forth until you finally stop at the bottom. We were very lucky because there were not much people there on that day and it was not too hot so we got to go after a really short amount of time. Here we go to die! I thought when we were about to go. At the moment you go down the huge ramp it feels like that you just jumped down from Taipei 101!!! I went there for 2 times. The valley of fears was a super scary and fun experience I will definitely go next time!
After the valley of fears, we went to the colossal canyon. It was huge waterslide and you can have 5 people in a tube at once so it is a good choice for families (I saw lots of babies going to that one). It is not as scary as the valley of fears but it was also really fun, especially at the end when you go down and you splash into the water. I went on this one for 6 times since it was so enjoyable and there were not that much people.
At last, I went to the radical rapids. There are single or double tubes. It is a cool and unique waterslide. First, there was this small hill, then you get stuck in this small part of the slide when you have to grab on to the ropes beside you(me and my friend couldn’t grab on to the rope and got stuck for a long time and the lifeguard had to come rescue us>_
Yesterday at Preteen Extreme camp we went to Cultus Lake Waterslides to have some fun! It was definitely one of the trips that I will never forget.
At 9:30am mom drove me to Guilford Recreation Centre to meet up with the rest of the camp members. After everyone was there, we headed on our private bus. It took about 1 and half hour to get to the Cultus Lake Waterslides. When we got there and saw all of the awesome slides, everyone was really excited. I was a little scared but at the same time wanted to ride on the slides.
We hopped off the bus and our leaders started talking about the rules like to not shove and to be back on time……. After their 5 minute talk(which seems like a 5 hour talk to me) was over, me and my friends Sarah and Maggie ran straight to the most famous waterslide in the Cultus Lake Waterslides-THE VALLEY OF FEARS!!! The alley of fears was basically a GIGANTIC ramp. You ride on a tube (it can be a 1, 2, or 3 people tube) and slide down the ramp. You keep shifting back and forth back and forth until you finally stop at the bottom. We were very lucky because there were not much people there on that day and it was not too hot so we got to go after a really short amount of time. Here we go to die! I thought when we were about to go. At the moment you go down the huge ramp it feels like that you just jumped down from Taipei 101!!! I went there for 2 times. The valley of fears was a super scary and fun experience I will definitely go next time!
After the valley of fears, we went to the colossal canyon. It was huge waterslide and you can have 5 people in a tube at once so it is a good choice for families (I saw lots of babies going to that one). It is not as scary as the valley of fears but it was also really fun, especially at the end when you go down and you splash into the water. I went on this one for 6 times since it was so enjoyable and there were not that much people.
At last, I went to the radical rapids. There are single or double tubes. It is a cool and unique waterslide. First, there was this small hill, then you get stuck in this small part of the slide when you have to grab on to the ropes beside you(me and my friend couldn’t grab on to the rope and got stuck for a long time and the lifeguard had to come rescue us>_
5/30/2011
訓練孩子的3S
父母都希望子女一生豐足、快樂、平順,只要能夠掌握金錢3S,子女平順可期,快樂豐足應可接踵而來。
專家建議,趁這個時候,更可培養孩子正確金錢價值觀——3S:
Spending(花錢)、Saving(存錢)、Share(分享)——如何花錢,如何存錢,如何和別人分享錢。
綜合專家意見,以下十點可作為訓練孩子3S的原則:
1. 讓孩子參與家裡決策。利用晚餐討論下列問題,例如度假地點和方式,捐款給慈善團體,討論如何存錢,有創意地開源,賺了以後又如何花。
2. 中學開始,父母幫子女開個人帳戶。金額多小都沒有關係,讓子女每月存些錢進去,知道複合利率加本金的威力。知道一星期存二十元,年投資報酬率10%,五十年後,這些青少年準備退休時,就有一百三十萬元。
3. 教他們如何做預算。如何收支平衡,如何找出花錢的優先順序。
4. 教他們信用消費的危險。小孩向你借錢,請向他們收取利息,很快他們會了解利息的昂貴。例如一台五百美元電視,十八個月分期,每個月18%利率,實際要支付五七五元。
5. 統合人生觀和金錢觀。你最看重的人生價值是什麼?旅行、捐贈、買房子、安穩地退休,要賺多少錢,才能達到這些人生目的?
6. 幫助小孩了解需求與慾望的差別,必需品和奢侈品的不同。孩子需要買新襯衫,但不一定要買Gap牛仔衫。教導小孩判斷各種廣告宣傳的物品,它們真的有這麼好嗎?價格合理嗎?有沒有更價廉物美的商品?
7. 小孩收到零用錢或禮物時,盡量鼓勵他們儲蓄。例如給零用錢五美元,給一張五元鈔票,不如給他們五張一元鈔票,他們花不完,可以存起來。給生日禮物或過年禮物時,不妨購買債券,鼓勵他們長期持有,作為將來上大學繳學費用。
8. 切勿把自己過去不愉快經驗,帶給下一代。例如投資股票失利,就要孩子不要投資股票,至今很多在美國大蕭條長大的人對股票還視為洪水猛獸,他們子女也錯失很多投資機會。
9. 不要把錢作為懲罰工具。例如扣零用錢等。
10. 不要隨興而買。買大東西前,大人和小孩都要三思而行,大人應該等一個月,小孩也有通則,以年齡幾歲,就要等幾天,例如十歲小孩要等十天,六歲小孩等六天,很多小孩過幾天就不記得自己要買的東西。
專家建議,趁這個時候,更可培養孩子正確金錢價值觀——3S:
Spending(花錢)、Saving(存錢)、Share(分享)——如何花錢,如何存錢,如何和別人分享錢。
綜合專家意見,以下十點可作為訓練孩子3S的原則:
1. 讓孩子參與家裡決策。利用晚餐討論下列問題,例如度假地點和方式,捐款給慈善團體,討論如何存錢,有創意地開源,賺了以後又如何花。
2. 中學開始,父母幫子女開個人帳戶。金額多小都沒有關係,讓子女每月存些錢進去,知道複合利率加本金的威力。知道一星期存二十元,年投資報酬率10%,五十年後,這些青少年準備退休時,就有一百三十萬元。
3. 教他們如何做預算。如何收支平衡,如何找出花錢的優先順序。
4. 教他們信用消費的危險。小孩向你借錢,請向他們收取利息,很快他們會了解利息的昂貴。例如一台五百美元電視,十八個月分期,每個月18%利率,實際要支付五七五元。
5. 統合人生觀和金錢觀。你最看重的人生價值是什麼?旅行、捐贈、買房子、安穩地退休,要賺多少錢,才能達到這些人生目的?
6. 幫助小孩了解需求與慾望的差別,必需品和奢侈品的不同。孩子需要買新襯衫,但不一定要買Gap牛仔衫。教導小孩判斷各種廣告宣傳的物品,它們真的有這麼好嗎?價格合理嗎?有沒有更價廉物美的商品?
7. 小孩收到零用錢或禮物時,盡量鼓勵他們儲蓄。例如給零用錢五美元,給一張五元鈔票,不如給他們五張一元鈔票,他們花不完,可以存起來。給生日禮物或過年禮物時,不妨購買債券,鼓勵他們長期持有,作為將來上大學繳學費用。
8. 切勿把自己過去不愉快經驗,帶給下一代。例如投資股票失利,就要孩子不要投資股票,至今很多在美國大蕭條長大的人對股票還視為洪水猛獸,他們子女也錯失很多投資機會。
9. 不要把錢作為懲罰工具。例如扣零用錢等。
10. 不要隨興而買。買大東西前,大人和小孩都要三思而行,大人應該等一個月,小孩也有通則,以年齡幾歲,就要等幾天,例如十歲小孩要等十天,六歲小孩等六天,很多小孩過幾天就不記得自己要買的東西。
春天到了

春天到了
路上的小花都開了,樹上都發了淺綠色的嫩芽,而樹上的小鳥唱著一首首美妙的歌曲,春天是一個充滿生命的季節。晴天時,路上就會吹著舒服的微風;下雨時,天上就會下起一滴滴的小雨。春天到了!
我喜歡春天,因為我家附近的街上就會有一排排美麗的櫻花。每一棵樹上都有又大又漂亮的櫻花,真的很美!我媽媽也喜歡春天因為我家前院就會冒出很多的鬱金香,而鬱金香是媽媽最喜歡的花。
春天時,我們就會帶我們家的小狗去公園散步。如果仔細在樹叢裡看看,就會發現許多小昆蟲或小動物。當你抬頭一看,樹上就會有松鼠或小鳥在找食物。
但是現在春天快要過了,再過幾個禮拜夏天就要來了。我很期待夏天的到來。再見囉春天!
評語:謝謝分享美妙的春天。你觀察入微,看了第一段,腦海裡就浮現綠意盎然的春景。看了第二、三段,畫面更豐富,有許多動、植物一起歡度春天。結尾的口吻「再見囉春天!」很可愛! 希望陶醉在春的搖籃裡後,快樂的迎接熱情的夏天!
4/07/2011
常常微笑


在我們的生活中,微笑是很重要的一部份!接下來我將要告訴你為什麼我們要常常微笑,以及常保持微笑的方法。
微笑非常重要,因為我們不只可以讓自己開心,也可以令其他人感到快樂和溫馨。比如說,如果你散步時,走到一半,忽然有一個人笑咪咪的跟你問好,你應該會感到很開心!然後你也會笑咪咪的向他問好。如此一來,雙方都能有好心情,這樣不是很好嗎? 相反的,如果你整天擺著一張臭臉給別人看,反而會讓人看了很不舒服,別人就不會想要靠近你。你就會變得愈來愈不受歡迎,朋友就會愈來愈少。
接下來,有三個讓我們常保微笑的方法:
第一個方法就是保持快樂的心情。當我們心情好的時候,自然而然就會微笑!
第二、保持樂觀積極的態度。凡事往好處想,因為每個人只要想到好事情,就會漸漸的開心起來,因此就會常常微笑。
第三、讓微笑成為一種習慣,自然就會笑口常開。
其實,保持微笑不是一件容易的事。只要我們把微笑變成一種習慣,就會變成生活的一部份。微笑不僅可以讓自己開心,也能讓別人快樂。如果你可以把我告訴你的方法用到生活當中,大家都可以常常微笑!
4/04/2011
大愛傳出去 慈悲駐進來
每當重大災難發生時,都會看到許多善心人伸出援手,慈濟人也是其中的一群。3月11日,日本宮城縣發生近九級的強震引起海嘯,造成慘重的傷亡與國際的關注。
慈濟加拿大素里人文學校也於3月12日發起「一人一善,雪中送炭;祈求日本,遠離災難」的活動,將行善與關懷融入中文教學,孩子們在祈福卡或小天燈上寫下對日本朋友的祝福,祈求他們早日脫離苦難,迎向平安幸福的日子。這裡的孩子很幸福,住在好山好水的加拿大,很難體會大自然帶來的災難;他們僅能透過一些新聞的片段來了解這次的天災,希望災難遠離日本。
活動前一天,和憶慧主任買了材料,拆開小天燈的平面圖,想想看如何做成活動主軸的大天燈? 我們兩個都是不擅美工的,但是一時之間,為了隔天的活動,只好將計就計……過了幾個小時,終於做出兩個立體天燈。想到活動時如何掛在會場,加了繩子,雖沒放過天燈,這回卻也做出來,覺得上人的話真的很有道理 -「不要小看自己,人有無限可能」!
孩子們剛考完期中考,馬上轉換心情,製作祈福卡,接著參加分組的祈福活動。活動中看了慈濟會整的災難影片,了解最近因大地之母生病了,世界各地天災頻傳;也看了「生命三角」的影片,與孩子分享地震時要躲在何處比較安全與地震包內要準備哪些東西? 藉此機會教育,讓孩子們留下深刻的印象。
接著素里的志工們啟動為期兩週的街頭募款,利用週末假期到大統華超市勸募愛心,匯集善款。我們虔誠的拿著募款箱,站在出口處,陸陸續續看到許多朋友,放下雙手的購物袋,掏出錢包,投下一分善念。有些家長也讓小朋友共襄盛舉,體會瞬間的手心向下,對受難者的一份心意。這種機會不是常常有,也希望盡量不要有; 但是對孩子而言,是一種難得的體驗,知道自己也可以協助需要幫助的人,在孩子心中種下一顆「行善樹」,這是非常不容易的。
從上次台灣八八水災到這次日本海嘯的街頭募款,我發現到媒體的力量,也看到大家對地球多一份關懷。經過媒體一再的報導,許多人都捐出善款,哪怕只是身上的零錢。此次日本NHK的專業報導,讓觀眾知道整個事件的原由,不是某些災民的局部特寫,或是語言的渲染,許多國際媒體都給予極正面的評價。 我也看到日本民眾面對災難的沉著,内斂的民族性讓人印象深刻,這種面對災難的態度,看得出日本人民的素養與教育的深耕。街頭募款的同時,我看到許多人都自備環保購物袋進入賣場,雖然只是一個小小的動作,但是一人一善,遠離災難。
在海外教孩子中文,十分挑戰;但是善念的傳承,更是不易! 如何將「大愛傳出去,慈悲駐進來」,考驗著我們的智慧! 大人們比較容易有同理心,感同身受,但是如何將這個觀念也深植孩子的心中,需要讓孩子不斷的體驗與練習,讓行善成為一種生活的習慣。一個小小的善念,隨手可及,不是只有災難捐款時才是行善;生活中落實環保,對地球少一份傷害也是預防災難的方法之一。希望我們每個人,善盡一分心力,讓大愛傳出去,慈悲駐進來。
白天紐約、黑夜巴黎~ 王文華

~文張轉載
白天紐約、黑夜巴黎~ 王文華
白天紐約、黑夜巴黎~ 王文華
紐約和巴黎,代表了我人生的兩個面向。
紐約是白天,巴黎是黑夜。紐約是前半生,巴黎是下半場
35歲之前,我認定紐約是世上最棒的城市。
我在麻州念研究所,畢業後迫不急待地去紐約工作。
一做五年,快樂似神仙。
我愛紐約的原因跟很多人一樣:她是20世紀以來世界文化的中心。
豐富、方便。 靠著地鐵和計程車,你可以穿越時間,前後各跑數百年。
人類最新和最舊、最好和最壞的東西,紐約都看得見。
所以在紐約時,我把握每分每秒去體會。
白天,我在金融機構做事,一天十小時。
晚上下了班,去NYU學電影,一坐四小時。
在那20多歲的年紀,忙碌是唯一有意義的生活方式。
活著,就是要把自己榨乾,把自己居住的城市,內外翻轉過來。
這種想法並不是到紐約才有的。
其實從小開始,台灣人就過著紐約生活。
紐約生活,充滿新教徒的打拼精神和資本主義的求勝意志。
相信人要藉著不斷努力,克服萬難、打敗競爭。
活著的目的,是更大、更多、更富裕、更有名。
權力與財富,是紐約人的兩個上帝。
而能幫你走進天堂的鞋,就是事業、事業、事業。
在這種弱肉強食的生活方式,為了保持領先,每個人都在趕時間、搶資源。
進了電梯,明明已經按了樓層的鈕,那燈也亮了,偏偏還要再按幾下,彷彿這樣就可以快一點。
出了公司,明明已經下班了,卻還要不停講手機,搖控每一個環節。
在紐約,為達目的,可以不擇手段,甚至趕盡殺絕。
在紐約,沒有壞人,只有失敗者。
台灣,是不是也變成這樣?
每一件事,都變成工作。
上班當然是工作,下班後的應酬也是工作。
有人談戀愛是在工作,甚至到酒店喝酒、KTV狂歡,臉上都殺氣騰騰,準備拼得你死我活。
我曾熱烈擁抱這種生活,並著迷於這種因為燒烤成功而冒出的焦慮。
這種焦慮讓我坐在椅子邊緣,以便迅速地跳起來閃躲明槍暗箭。
這種警覺性讓我練就了酒量和膽量、抗壓性和厚臉皮。
但也養成了偏執和倔強、優越感和勢利眼。
在紐約時我深信:能在這裡活下來的,都是可敬的對手。
黯然離開的,通通是輸家。
人生任何事,絕對要堅持到底。
半途而廢的,必定有隱疾。
在這不睡的城市,每天我醒來,帶著人定勝天的活力,跟著法蘭克辛納屈唱「紐約‧紐約」:
「如果你能在紐約成功,你可以在任何地方成功」!
是的,在紐約,現代的羅馬競技場,我要和別人,以及自己,比出高低。
這套想法,在我35歲以後,慢慢改變。
第一件動搖我想法的,是父親的過世。
我父親一生奉公守法、與人為善。毫無不良嗜好,身體健康地像城堡。
七十八歲時,他得了癌症、引發中風,經歷了所有的痛苦和羞辱。
他一生辛勤工作、努力存錢、堅信現在的苦可以換得更好的明天。
我們也相信一分耕耘、一分收穫,用在紐約拼事業的精神照顧他。
但兩年的治療兵敗如山倒,最後他還是走了。
父親逝世的那天,我的價值系統崩潰了。
我一路走來引起為傲的「紐約精神」,沒想到這麼脆弱。
不止在病床,也在職場。
當我在企業越爬越高,才發現「資本主義」在職場中也未必靈驗。
上過班的都知道,很少公司真的是「開放市場」、「公平競爭」。
大部分的同事都覺得你不是朋友、就是敵人。
職場上偉大的,未必會成功。
成功的,有時很渺小。
很多人一輩子為公司鞠躬盡瘁,最後得到一支紀念筆。
那些捲款潛逃的,反而變成傳奇。
慢慢的,我體會到:世上有一種比「善有善報、惡有惡報」更高、更複雜的公平。
人生有另一種比「功成名就」更幽微、更持久的樂趣。
那是衝衝衝的美式資本主義,所無法解釋的。
我能在哪裏找到那種公平和樂趣呢?
我想過西藏、不丹、非洲、紐西蘭。
然後,我注意到法國。
住紐約時,法國是嘲諷的對象。
身為經濟、科技、和軍事強權的美國,談起法國總是忍不住調侃一番。
法國是沒落的貴族,值得崇拜的人都已作古。
法國人傲慢、高稅率讓每個人都很傭懶。
動不動就罷工,連酒莊主人都要走上街頭。
搬回台灣後,普羅旺斯、托斯卡尼突然流行。
我看了法蘭西斯‧梅思的《美麗的托斯卡尼》,其中一句話打動了我:
「在加州,時間像呼拉圈。我扭個不停,卻停在原地。
在托斯卡尼,我可以在地中海的陽光下,提著一籃李子,逍遙地走一整天。」
是啊!我在趕些什麼?
我耗盡青春用盡全力,拼命追求身外之物,結果我真的比別人有錢、有名嗎?
更重要的,我真的因此而快樂嗎?
遠方有廣闊的地平線,為何我還在原地搖過時的呼拉圈?
當我重新學習法國,我發現法國和美國代表兩種截然不同的生活方式。
美國人追求人定勝天,凡事要逆流而上。
法國人講究和平共存,凡事順勢而為。
紐約有很多一百層的摩天大樓,巴黎的房子都是三百年的古蹟。
紐約不斷創新,巴黎永遠有懷舊的氣息。
巴黎人在咖啡廳聊天,紐約人在咖啡廳用電腦。
紐約有人潮,巴黎有味道。
紐約有鈔票,巴黎有蛋糕。
不論是政府或個人,法國人都把精神投注在食、衣、住、行等「身內之物」。
就像美國去做老大哥吧。要征服太空、要打伊拉克、要調高利率、要發明新科技,都隨他去。
法國人甘願偏安大西洋,抽煙、喝酒、看足球、搞時尚。
當美國人忙出了胃潰瘍,法國人又吃了一罐鵝肝醬。
講到吃,法國有300種起司、光是波爾多就有57個酒的產區。
晚上六點朝咖啡廳門口一坐,一杯紅酒就可以聊三個小時。
九點再去吃晚餐,一直吃到隔天凌晨。
他們在吃上所花的時間,跟我們上班時數一樣。
但諷刺的是:他們沒有「All You Can Eat」。
吃很重要,但也要會挑時間,朋友介紹我去試一家法國餐廳,提醒我他們禮拜二、四晚上休息。
「為什麼?」我問。
他說:「因為主廚要回家看足球。」
聰明的主廚懂法律。
法國法律規定一周工作最多35小時,大部分的人一年有五周的假期。
而美國人把加班當作自己有價值的表示,渡假時還拿著手機回E-mail。
法國人比美國人會玩。
每年六月的巴黎音樂節,從午後到深夜,幾百場露天音樂會在各處同時舉行,人多到地鐵都暫停收費。
每年十月的「白夜」,平日入夜就打烊的店面,徹夜營業到清晨七點。
每年夏天,巴黎市政府在塞納河右岸佈置了三段、總長1.8公里的人工海灘。
細砂、吊床、躺椅、棕櫚樹,自然海灘有的景緻這裡都有,
讓沒有錢去海邊渡假的民眾,也可以享受到海灘風光。
當然,法國這麼深厚的文化,不可能只從吃喝玩樂而來。
美國人讀書,為了考證照。
法國人讀書,為了搞情調。
每年十月的讀書節,大城市的火車站內,民眾輪流上台朗誦詩句。
書店營業到天明,整晚有現場演奏的樂曲。
「美食書展」選在銅臭味最重的證券交易所舉辦。
小鎮書展的書直接「長」在樹上,讀者必須爬到樹上,把書摘下來品嘗。
一直跟著美國走的台灣人,會心動嗎?
我心動了。
十一月我到巴黎,一位法國朋友來接待我。
臨走前我問他:「明天你要幹嘛?」
「我要去銀行。」
「然後呢?」我問。
「我不懂你的意思……」
對我來說,「去銀行」是吃完午飯後跑去辦的小事。
對法國人來說,這是他一天全部的行程。
法國人總是專心而緩慢的,每天把一件小事做好。
這樣的生活,對美國或台灣人來說,實在是太頹廢了。
的確也是。
法國失業率接近10%,高稅率讓雇主寧願打烊休息,免得幫員工繳稅。
巴黎鬧區紙醉金迷,但郊區的少數民族卻沒有工作機會。
這些都是黑暗面,但對於每日被強光烤焦的台灣人,陰暗也許提供了喘息空間。
生命的終點都一樣,有錢人的喪禮只是比較多人上香。
不斷的追趕只是提前衝向謝幕,為什麼不把時間花在慢慢為生命暖場?
你不需要一輩子鞠躬盡瘁、死而後已。
你可以偶爾伸伸懶腰、安步當車。
我從巴黎回來,台北並沒有改變。
關了兩周的手機再度響起,一通電話找不到我的人會連續狂call十通。
和朋友見面,他很關心地問我:「好了,你現在工作也辭了、歐洲也去了,
接下了有什麼projects?」
「Projects」?多麼紐約的字眼。
我真想說:「好好生活,不就是人生最大的project?」
但我知道在熙來攘往的台北街頭,在不到40歲的年紀,這樣說太矯情了。
況且,我今天之所以有錢有閒享受法式生活,不也正因為我曾在美式生活中得到很多利益?
我仍熱愛工作、熱愛紐約,但已不用像20歲時一樣亦步亦趨、寸步不離。
所以我說:「我還是會早起,白天努力寫作。但到了晚上,我想關掉手機。」
世界少了我,其實無所謂。
但我少了我,還剩什麼?
他笑一笑:「你這是用紐約來過白天,用巴黎來過黑夜。」
唉,他講得真好!這應該是一個完美的妥協吧。
也許有一天,我能創造自己的「白夜」,讓白天和黑夜融合在一起。
但我還沒到那個境界。
「明天星期一,你要幹嘛?」他問。
「我要去銀行。」
「然後呢?」
我張大眼睛,停頓了一下。
「然後呢?」他追問。
「然後我會摩拳擦掌,認真地寫一篇文章。」
無人島探險記

無人島探險記
文:崔德熙 圖:姜境孝
無人島探險記是一本非常好笑的科學漫畫書。這本書的主角是雷歐,爺爺,龍龍和珊米。雷歐是一個小男孩,他很單純,又很無知。爺爺是一很容易激動的老頭子,常常覺得雷歐笨到無可救藥。龍龍是一隻小飛龍,牠是雷歐家裡的寵物。珊米是雷歐的妹妹,她非常的聰明,也是爺爺眼中的乖孫女。
雷歐一行人本來是為了雷歐的暑假作業去琉球島採集昆蟲的。但是途中撞上了暗礁,又因為雷歐亂跑,他們沒坐上救生艇,所以就飄到了一座無人島上。
雖然雷歐沒辦法到琉球島採集昆蟲,雷歐在無人島上學到怎麼在野外蓋房子、找到可以喝的水和食物、捕魚、升火、發出求救信號、打獵和很多野外求生的技巧。
我也學到很多,像是在無人島上要用樹枝,石頭和樹葉蓋容易搬動的房子,因為隨時都有可能有危險。如果把竹子的莖部切開就可以找到水。營火、鏡子和聲音都是很好的求救信號。還有在野外需要儲存糧食的時候可以把食物曬乾、醃製、和燻製。我也學到面對困難的時候要有智慧、毅力和勇氣才可以生存。
我很喜歡這本科學漫畫書,因為作者用很有趣的方式教我們野外的求生技巧。我最喜歡的人物是龍龍因為他跟雷歐一樣懶惰,也很可愛。我希望大家都可以讀這本書,因為這本書可以讓你的知識更豐富喔!
12/25/2010
我的暑假計劃(2010)


Ya! 暑假快到了,我好開心,就要回臺灣了! 我們移民來加拿大後,已經兩年多沒回臺灣了!
回臺灣高雄阿嬷的家,第一件事就是打開冷氣機!因為臺灣真的超熱的,沒有冷氣會變成「人乾」。我也一定會去漢神巨蛋和夢時代血拼(shopping)。這一次,我一定要把漢神巨蛋和整間夢時代逛完才甘心!
我還要去Josh堂弟家sleepover(過夜)、要去元亨寺給最疼我的阿公拜拜、當然也會吃一大堆臺灣美食。也要去臺南看外婆、拜訪舅舅, 去鳳山找小阿姨,還要去安定給四月份往生的外公上香。
可是回台灣不能只顧著玩,回臺灣我還會上畫畫和作文課,因為我覺得自己中文的寫作能力退步了。再和妹妹去徐老師家上畫畫課,為了讓暑假更充實!
我相信間今年的暑假一定是個不可思議的旅程,如果以上的事都可以做到的話,這一定會是我最美好的暑假!
2nd Central Surrey Scouts 童軍大露營(10/20/2009)

上上個禮拜六我和David一起去參加位於蘭里(Langley)營地的加拿大童軍大露營。
這次的露營經驗很酷,因為可以不用上慈濟素里人文學校,還可以出去玩! 前一天,我們分兩組。 我們這一組和Dean到平常上課的場所整理露營的帳篷與營具;David隨Tom那一組帶著shopping list到Safeway採買所需的食物。
這是我第二次露營所以我知到要帶甚麼東西去,可是,媽媽怕我冷又放一大堆不需要的東西到我背包裡。道安的爸爸開車載我們到營地,開了半個多小時的車,但是因為天色已暗,又背著重重的背包,花了四十五分才找到自己的營隊,好累喔!找到隊長時已經九點多了,但是大家很興奮,還在玩遊戲。到了晚上要睡覺時,帳篷裡很冷,所以我縮起來,然後就睡著盧了。
這次露營是很特別的經驗, 我希望下次還可以再去露營!
2009 新年新希望
全球暖化新聞感想

全球暖化真的很可怕!從新聞中我看到連一座面積四百平方公里的巨大冰山,也能裂成兩半,然後慢慢的往北漂向澳洲,真是不可思議!
從這篇報導我感受到全球暖化是個非常嚴重的問題!大量的污染,讓我們的環境受到傷害,造成氣候的異常,一些自然的現象也跟著改變。如果我們再不保護地球的話,有一天我們居住的地球會滅亡!
改善全球暖化保護地球是我們的責任。在日常生活中,我們可以從資源回收做起:
第一、 減量(Reduce),我們要減少垃圾、禮物不要過度包裝。
第二、 再利用(Reuse),用完的垃圾袋可以拿來裝垃圾桶,穿不下的衣服可以送人穿。
第三、 回收(Recycle),塑膠產品用完或可回收的東西,可以放入回收筒,就可以減少垃圾量和能源的使用。
我相信如果我們可以做好資源回收,改善汙染,善用天然的能源,全球暖化的現象就會改善,這樣子,我們的地球會變得更美好!
12/24/2010
快樂成長

你有沒有想過無憂無慮、沒有煩惱、快快樂樂的成長? 如果你有這麼想的話,你就選對文章了!在這篇文章裡,有很多方法和技巧可以讓你快樂成長!
你覺得可以讓你自己快樂的方法有幾種? 答案是數不清,因為要看你是那種人?如果你是個愛運動的人,那麼讓你快樂的方法可能是打打球、跑步、游泳、跳舞……如果你是個愛好音樂的人,讓你快樂的方法可能是彈彈琴、聽聽iPod、唱唱歌……以上都是一些不錯的方法可以讓你感到開心。
如果你生氣的話那該怎麼辦?你可以睡覺(我都這麼做)、打打球、聊聊天、打打電動……這些方法對於發洩情緒還蠻有用的。
以上都是很不錯的情緒控制的方法,所以我希望你讀過這篇文章以後,可以像我一樣,學會調整自己的情續,可以當個快樂又充實的人!
我們家的甲蟲已經很久沒有寫文章了,感謝惠妙老師要他們交作業。本來還想教他,他說不必,太麻煩了,我就說:那你就模仿課本第三課得格式與方法,自己寫寫看。 他真的長大了,有"自己"的看法了! 真開心!(山蘇
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