Go an exhibition with my friend

I went to an exhibition with my friend Candy this Saturday,Feb 28 , at Nanjing Museum. I chose this exhibition because I am intereted in Chinese traditional artworks. The exhibits are all about Chinese Qing Dynasty wash painting and Chinese calligraphy that were made of eight Chinese artists who are famous in Qing dynasty. The artist’s names are Shi tao, Jin nong,Zheng bian,Li chan,Huang shen,Li Fangyin,Luo Pin,Gao Xiang,Wang Shishen,
The title of the exhibition is ‘Ancient Chinese painting exhibition’. The artworks are shown about Qing Dynasty paintings. The artworks are not contemporary.The artwork ‘bamboos on the stone’ impressed me. It is a wash painting. The subject of the artwork is the bamboo. It is a bamboo which the stone is behind it.The color of this artwork is white and black.The colour of the bamboo is darker than the stones.The lines of the painting is sharp and short.
I am excited about the work. The bamboo is very thin .But it stand on the stone and looks firm without swing. It makes me think about a person who is very rigid and brave even he faces for some difficulties. I think it shows bravery of the bamboo. The bamboo in China is as a symbol of rigid. No matter the wind below the bamboo cruelly.However the bamboo can still stand straightly. The spirit of bamboo tell us if we want to do something ,never give up!It makes me think about my experience.

In the PE class, we have soccer game. I was really a terrible soccer player. I couldn’t run faster ,I couln’t catch the ball and I couldn’t kick it with a long distance. I felt depressed about this ,I didn’t want to make shame to our team. Therefore, I was running in the every evening and I asked my classmates who were good at playing soccer to teach me .At first,I couldn’t kick the ball straightly and with a lot of power. I felt sad about this.However, it is wouldn’t work if you didn’t put any effort.Thus , I didn’t give up. I took more exercise.After half a month, I got a obviously progress. I would’t lost marks for my team,even sometimes I earned marks for my team.
I like this artwork very much. Though the artwork is not colourful-only painted by black and white. I think it has many meanings. The lines of the bamboo are sharp and short. I think it represents firm. The shape of the bamboo is quite thin. It represents like a person who is suffered by difficulties and he doesn’t want to give up.Even though the stones is the setting of the picture , It is very important. It is represents the bad situation and difficulties.I think other people might appreciate the artwork. I think it is clear, it represents the idea straightforwardly .its shapes, lines are really beautiful .The subject of the artwork is really traditional and encourable.The artist of the artwork has the high respect on drawing bamboos and he is the most famous artist .
I enjoyed this exhibition and I like this exhibition very much. The painting are amazing . They totally express the Chinese traditional artworks. I am obessessed by them. This exhibition let me learnt a lot about Chinese ancient artwork. I saw a lot of wash paintings. It is a wonderful art experience for me.

report of school club

I am a member of DIY club, tutor club, tae kwon do club and TV series club.
At first, I think tae kwon do is very easy, But I was wrong. We must practice. Leg pressing, forward roll, forward jumping, and so on, it is really a tough job. At the beginning, I couldn’t do forward roll at all, but the coach excoriated to me, I tried to do this, At the beginning several times. I couldn’t’ troll my body and I was struck on the floor, But after times and times, I could do one forward roll. Finally, I was so excited that I did it; tae kwon Do told me to face the difficulties not to avoid them. I learned a lot from it.
DIY is one of my favorites. One task DIY club is making for Jack O lantern for Halloween. I was very happy to do it. I think it is an easy task. When I carved the pumpkin realized I was wrong. The surface of the pumpkin was very hard, it is difficult to carve it and make beautiful shapes on it. It took me 20 minutes to carve the cover of the lantern. Then I need to scoop seed of the pumpkin. This process was boring. Finally, I carved the eyes and the mouth, though it is a small pumpkin. It took me one and an half hours. Because this process, I knew that even though it was very little , and still try my best to do it.
I think organizing is required to work effectively. I tutor club, there are many announcements to every student in Grade 10.Such as gather place and time. It would take a lot time if I go to every class and tell everyone the announcements. Although there would be many students even don’t understand clearly. So I asked other 5 helpers in every class to help me announce their classmates the notice.
tae kwon do club makes me healthier and braver. tae kwon do club is excellent, If I must talk a weakness that is no air-conditional in Summer. In DIY club, I practice my handwork, it is an interesting activity. DIY is magnificent. I hope I can do more DIY products. In TV series is my favorite. In TV series club, I can relax after the whole day study. The strength of tutor club can help everyone to get what they want. And most of students in Grade 10. The tutor club needs cooperation between grade 10 and grade 11.Some times Grade 10 schedule is different from Grade 11 schedule. The amount of class we arranged isn’t enough for Grade 10 student. The tutor club is the most practical and it is marvelous.

The leadership club is training us to get the ability of leadership and teamwork. we have done the studycase of KFC in Sheraton Hotel. In this case, we learnt a lot from the KFC and organization skill and communication ability,I remember Mable who is my team member in 11-A. she is very serious for everything and planing carefully the details .She prepared schedule st least one week before the match , then we won the first prize in all the presentations. So ,I will study her strengths.

Because of club activities, I got healthier and braver in tae kwon do club. I got more creative in DIY club. I got happier in TV series club. I got more organized learnt a lot from it .With the strengths, we can make GCA better.

report of physical activity

Physical activity makes us healthier and more beautiful. It is necessary for us to do physical activities.
I went to climb the Purple Mountain with my father four times during the winter holiday. Although it is winter, climbing made me sweat and felt as hot as summer. Obviously, climbing took me a lot of energy.

At the first time, I almost couldn’t move at approximately 2/3 of the mountain. At the fourth time, I climbed faster. Though I sweated a lot, I didn’t feel exhausted when I was climbing. I got healthier and I lost weight.

Actually, physical activity is not only used to lose our weight, but also let us face the difficulties. When I was climbing, there was a steep slope that there is no tree but only stones. I was afraid of that I didn’t want to climb anymore. At that time, my father walked on the hard stone, after a while, he climbed at the half of the stone slope. ‘Don’t be afraid, that is just a piece of cake for you’, father encouraged me. I climbed step by step; I tried to forget that is a steep slope. Finally, I climbed over it. When I looked back, I couldn’t believe that I climbed on such a steep slope. I was proud of myself. I learnt that ‘never give up and face the difficulties’
Climbing and tae kwon do are so difficult for me. After I did tae kwon down everytime, my body was tingle and I have a pain in my legs. I learnt forward roll, leg pressing and so on. Climbing and tae kwon do let me know that I need to face the difficulties not to avoid them. There are a lot of challenges in my life. I am lack of enduring hardships and being capable of hard work.
Because of the physical activity, I learnt that I need to endure hardships and face the difficulties in both study and life. Physical activity told me not to give up anything. It benefits me and encourages me.

This spring , I started to learn aerobics.Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness. It is usually performed to music and may be practiced in a group setting led by an instructor, although it can be done solo and without musical accompaniment. When I do the aerobic with the music, I feel very relaxed and calm. I like this very much.
Though tae kwon do is one way to defend ourselves, we can’t deny that it is a good physical activity. it can stretch every part of my body, my fitness goal is practicing every part of my body and take some fat out. Tea kwon do fit my goal.

I think climbing and tae kwon do are all training my volition and work hard without complaint,The limitation of tae kwon do is it is indoor activity. It is required for ordered area. Climbing is limited by the weather. If it is cats and dogs, climbing is dangerous. so Physical activity makes me healthier and braver lifestyle !

report of volunteer work

Working ability is very important. Doing volunteer work is a good way to improve our employability. I have been a librarian in Nanjing library, made stage property for drama club and helped tutor club.
Fan is the leader of the tutor club. He is conscientious. I learnt a lot from him. He is organized. He planned everything before he did it. Then he did as what he planned. Planning makes us more effectively. He always uses charts and lists to make tutor group. It makes people easy to understand which group they are in. I learnt this from him. I used not only charts and lists of data in my club work, but also other areas of my study.
I like doing DIY. I am a member of DIY club. I also helped drama club to do their stage properties of drama ‘The Taming Of The Shrew’. I did the mail box. Firstly, I cut the square side to the arch. I made the shape of the mail box. Secondly, I wanted to make a cover of the box on the black paper and cut it. When I stuck it on the box, I found that it couldn’t cover the whole box. The box is stereoscopic. I was careless,I drew the wrong 2D shape of the box.

Unfortunately, I wasted a piece of paper. I drew another cover and stuck it on the box. I cut a hole on the bottom of the box and made the wood stick through the box. It couldn’t stand with a stick. We were disappointed. I came up with the solution,‘we may put it in the tall box ’.‘yes! It is a good idea. maybe we can put some sand in it.’ Angela suggested.

From this process, I knew that I was careless sometimes and I tried my best to correct it. but I think creative is my strength. so I will keep it.
As a librarian, I need to arrange the books. There are a large amount of books. Arranging them might take a lot of time and energy. At first, I couldn’t find the position of books easily. Then I found that there were numbers of the books. Each shelf has its own number. Putting the books in their ordered shelves is more easily. I think observation make work effectively.
Doing volunteer work makes me improve myself ability. Because of being the helper of tutor club, I get more organized skill. Because of making stage properties, I got more creative and more conscientious. Because of being the librarian, I knew that observation is very important.

Have Dinner With Grade 12 Mentors

I went to an Italian restaurant on Dec.27.with Grade 12 student who are Jessica, East and Shirley. I attended at 6:45 p.m. The name of the restaurant is ‘my place’. We chose this restaurant because the flavor of the courses is traditional flavor of Italian food.Firstly, I order a set of steak dinner,then the waiter took before dinner bread. I ate vegetable salad. The salad is delicious because the vegetable is fresh. Then I ate spaghetti with cheese, mushrooms and onion. At last I had my main course-the steak with fried chips.I like the Italian food. The Italian food is quite different from Chinese food. Firstly, we use chopsticks and bowls to eat in Chinese food .However, forks and knives are common in western food. Secondly, the cooking manner of Chinese food and Italian food is different. Most Chinese food is scrambled. Most Italian food is boiled and roasted. Thirdly the dinner table is different .Chinese dinner table is always circle. Italian dinner table is rectangle.
It is a place where good friends get together to have some delicious food and relax.
There many foreign people in the restaurant .They talked when they had delicious dinner. The environment of the restaurant is very nice and relaxing. The restaurant is a house which locates in Hunan Road. There is a small garden in the front of the house. The atmosphere is relaxing and free. It is a quiet place which hides in the shops, restaurants and skyscrapers. The service of the restaurant is good. The waiters and waitresses are friendly and provide good service. The owner of the restaurant is also very friendly.
I will recommend other people to eat there because the flavor of food and the environment are both excellent.

Go an exhibition about sculpture with Ms. Hadley

Iwent to an exhibition with Ms.Hadley .The exhibits are all about sculpture that were made of Chinese artist. The artist’s name is Wu Weishan. He represents Chinese culture by describing Chinese historic famous people.The title of the exhibition is ‘Wu Weishan Culture Figure Sculpture Gallery’. The artworks are shown about sculpture. The artwork is contemporary.The artwork Ru Zi Niu (the cow) impressed me. It is a big sculpture. The subject of the artwork is the cow. It is a crow who raises his head and looks forward. It kneels its legs. It is a free work and it is dark blue .The surface of it is course and rough. It is made of bronze.I feel confused about the work. The cow is very thin .But it raises its head and it looks firm. It seems like it does not surrender. It makes me think about a person who is very strong even though he just has poor power. I think it also represents facing the difficulties and working them out even in a bad situation. It makes me think about my experience.
I went climbing Zijing Mountain with my father. We climbed at the middle of the mountain. I was tired and the mountain became steeper and steeper. I didn’t want to go higher. I wanted to give up,At that time, my father encouraged me .finally, I continued climbing and got to the top of the mountain. It makes me think about another example that we learnt in social studies.
In rebellion 1837.Even the rebels in Upper Canada and Lower Canada didn’t have many weapons and they had no experience. However, for their freedom, they fought for their democracy. They are brave. I think the artist intention is to show the spirit of dedication. The cow is just like the teachers. The cow is thin but it is strong. Its inside is empty, just like a teacher, giving their student everything! The cow kneels to represent generations. Normally, the cow kneels for child cowherd to climb on. The cow raises its head and looks forward to represent new hopes, new dedications.I do like this artwork. Though the artwork is simple and just like a symbol. I think it has many meanings. Its lines and shapes are very simple and free. The rough surface, simple lines, active shape make me feel the cow is strong. It seems to give me power. It just uses several simple lines to describe, such as raising head, kneeling but make the work totally represent the idea. I think other people might appreciate the artwork. I think it is simple, it represents the idea straightforwardly .its shapes, lines are really beautiful and strong. The idea of the work is simple, everyone has given and got, grateful and thanks are in anywhere in the world.I enjoyed this exhibition. This exhibition let me learnt a lot about art. I saw a lot of sculpture. They are amazing. I felt exiting about the exhibition. I saw a lot what I never seen.

GUEST ARTIST

On Dec.1, professor Zhao, who is from Nanjing Forest University, came to GCA, NFLS. He told us about Chinese traditional gardens.
There are four types of Chinese traditional gardens. They are royal gardens, temples, private gardens and nature gardens. The earliest garden in China appears in about 110 A.C. Professor Zhao mainly told us about private gardens in Suzhou.
Suzhou is praised as "garden city" since ancient time. Suzhou classical gardens also are artistic gems of Chinese nation. A classical garden of Suzhou is made of the basic elements of water, stones, plants and different kinds of buildings. It is the creation of "urban scenery" .the Humble Administrator's Garden, the Lingering Garden, the Master-of-Nets Garden and the Mountain Villa are the most famous gardens of Chinese private gardens. The composition of the gardens are good designed, including borrowed views, barred views ,opposite views, framed views, the decorative and functional alteration. No matter which angle you look at, there is always a beautiful view. Looking at the scene through the frames makes a pleasing picture. The lotus flowers lie on the water which makes green reflections on the water. A classical garden of Suzhou is the harmony of nature and humans.I was enjoying when professor was showing us the pictures of gardens. I think they are magnificent and I feel proud of these Chinese traditional gardens. They show the wisdom of Chinese people. The classical gardens of Suzhou were designed and built by great masters of different dynasties, employing extraordinary methods and techniques. The gardens are fantastic art works with nature, Chinese history and Chinese culture. . Like shining pearls. They are a brilliant part of Chinese cultural heritage.