Snowy Night

Last Saturday, I met with Yoyo to have a delicious meal. We ate dinner in Crystal Mall which is much far away from my home. At first, we scheduled to watch the film Harry Potter; however, there were so many people who bought the tickets in that night. As a result, we changed the plan to eat in Crystal Mall. It was a happy night because I ate spicy food again. Yoyo and me hope that we can watch Harry potter in the next weekend because our final exam is coming. After the next week, we have to spend much time on the textbooks and class materials.

The spicy food was so delicious and I wanted to go there again!

It was very cold outside but we did not look such freezing!

Cultural Mysteries

During the process I am studying English, I met several things which are really confused. I think studying English is a way to learn about foreign culture. There are totally five mysterious phenomena that are interesting.

The first one is Canadian people and Chinese people would have different reaction when it is raining. For example, if it is raining, many Canadian people do not like using umbrella, and then they run quickly in order to avoid the wet raining water. However, almost all Chinese people prefer using umbrella when it is raining. As a result, I cannot understand the reason that most Canadian people do not like using umbrella when it is raining.

The second one is it looks true that most western people like family activities; however, some Chinese people do not like family activities at all. It is so obvious that the young generation in China like going out to entertain when they are free, but the young generation in Canada are more likely to stay at home in order to accompany with their families. Overall, the different culture causes different attitude between the young generation in Canada and the young generation in China.

The third one is parents in two areas usually have different kinds of attitude when they educate children. In china, it is not common to see that parents always choose to respect children's decisions so that children could be independently. Chinese parents do not always like the way that children could freely make their own decisions, oppositely, they prefer their children listening to them. Therefore, after I came to Canada, I felt the parents in Canada act differently.

The next one is Canadian people are not likely to hate crow; however, most Chinese people do not like crow because it is not a lucky symbol in China. In China, almost all people look crow as an ominous symbol so that it is impossible to see crow there.

The last one is if Canadian people talk with others, they should look at other people's eye in order to show repect; however, Chinese people do not need to act like that. It is quite casual that Chinese people talk with each other; therefore, I adjusted myself after I came to Canada because I could not accustom the formal environment when I talked to others .

The Effect Coming to Canada Had on Me

     I have lived in Canada for almost four years. Through these four years, I have changed a lots such as my interpersonal skill and independent skill. I was not an extroverted person and I seldom had urges to talk to others, but now I am sure that I am an extroverted person and I like talking to others. Moreover, when I lived in my hometown: Shanghai, I could not make a meal because I got used to wait for someone to cook for me and I seldom would like to make a meal for myself because I was entremely lazy. I also could not greatly take care of myself such as I was often sick and uncomforable. As a result, my mother thought it is worth for me to go abroad and receive a brand new life in order to improve my interpersonal and independent skill. The life in Canada is a new life for me since I changed to another character and I began to acknowledged that I should take the responsibility to take care of myself because I am an adult.

     After arrived in Canada, I was not happy at all because I thought I was aparted from my friends and most of my family members, but now I think it is a benefical way for me to start a totally different life in Canada. If I do not go to Canada, I cannot imagine that what kind of person I would like to be. Time continuously goes, I only wish I could contibute more efforts to myself and my family so that I could obtain more treasures that I would not gain in my hometown.

Movie Activity

I watched a movie called "Red" this weekend at home. It is a nice movie because Bruce Wills acted the movie. I should qualify that I'm a big fan of Bruce Willis especially when he plays this kind of character - a tough guy with a wry sense of humour. I am really interested at mixure of genres here because Red is an action, comedy and romance movie. Those mixture was rolled up into one movie. I think the movie is just enough romance without being sappy, heaps of action to keep it exciting and the occasional comedy touches which had the whole audience laughing out loud. When my friend and I watched it, we were enjoyable.

As a result, I recommend everyone in my class goes to watch this movie because it is worth to watch! Red is one of the best movies I’ve seen all year. I rarely see a movie that is action packed with funny and it has a great mystery behind it; consequently, I was amazed by the inspiring romantic couple. I can determine that lots of fans will not be disappointed.

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Downtown Activity

     This week, I have not done many activities because I do not feel comfortable, but yesterday, I went out with Yoyo to eat Chinese spicy food. I enjoy eating spicy food because it is one of my habit. I enjoy eating food with my friends because I am a person who likes group activity. I also like communicating with my friends about our daily issues in the restaurants or some places that are comfortable. Eating with friends is one of my relief way. Yoyo and me ate at Chongqing restaurant which is not far away from my home. Chongqing is one of the province in China and it is famous for its spicy food. Although the food there is not quite same as Chongqing food, I like it very much because it is very delicious. I think I would go there again because I am addicted in Chinese spicy food.

      After eating food, we went to play billiards. Although I am not good at playing it, I spent a good time with Yoyo and her friend. At last, Yoyo's friend took off his clothes because he lost the game. The idea was thought by me, I was proud of myself to think about a funny idea!

     
Here are some pictures Yoyo took:

The special technique about camera of Iphone 3G

Hello kitty version

Yummy spicy food!!!

About My Home town

      My home town is Shanghai, China. It is one of the famous commercial center in China. The people who are living in Shanghai have different life style compare to the people who are living  in Canada. The life pace in Shanghai is much quicker than Canada's. Most people who walk in the street are likely to run because most of them want to earn money and they want to make money as much as they can; however in Canada, there are not so many people that would run or jog like that. The goal between Shanghai and Canada is extremely different as well; many people in Shanghai want to survive because of the cheap labour, but in Canada, the living condition is generally good so that many people do not need to consider their economical condition.

       As a developing country in the world, China is developing fast but people in China may consume most of their time to make money; however, Canada as a developed and emigrant country, many rich and talent people live there. The different life style has shown that Chinese people need to consider their favourite way of living; otherwise, many of them may easily to lose their goal because of the serious competition.

PS: The pictures upper have shown many symbols in Shanghai. The old houses, old types of paper and fans have become remarkable symbols in Shanghai. The pictures were designed by one of my friend. I like them very much because they symbolize the tradition of Shanghai. I want to upload those pictures although they are not much related to my topic.