A dinner with Grade 12 students

We had a dinner with Mooie and Judy who come from grade 12. The restaurant we went is called “Bebbis ” It is a Swiss restaurant but I have never gone to a Swiss restaurant before. I was very expect about that .our group members are Jenny, Jerry, Bruce, Nelly, Rachel, James and so on
We arrived there at about 6 o’clock. And when all the people had come was about 6:30 P.M. everyone needed to spend 50 RMB that the waiter can divide a whole dinner for all of us. We had fruit pizza, beef pizza, chocolate chafing dish and so on. . When a new food came to the table, Mooie always told us the history of these foods and how to eat them. The cheese chafing dish gave me the deepest memory. The cheese is not like the normal cheese we ate in MacDonald, It has a little smell of wine, but it do not have alcohol at all . We used a fork to fork a piece of bread , put it in the hot cheese and stir for a little bit ,then can eat it . The first time I ate it ,I thought is terrible but after the second ,the third time I thought it became more and more delicious.
During the dinner time, Mooie and Judy all told us some interesting thing about their GCA life and how did they study. They promised if we have questions we can go and ask them for help.
I am very happy that I can have a such wonderful and peaceful dinner with my classmate and our leaders. We can not only have a good dinner but also can have a good relationship with each other. And I also made two new friend whose names are Moois and Judy.

THE SCULPTURE EXHIBITION WITH MS HARDLEY

The title of the exhibition is Wu Weishan Cultural Figures Sculpture Gallery of Nanjing University. Most of the artworks are sculptures. They were all made by one artist—Wu weishan . And the artwork contemporary .
My favorite artwork is called A little girl with two plaits. And was made at 2004. The title of this artwork is a little girl with plaits and the artist is Wu Weishan . It was made in 2004. The color of it is light brown because it was made by cooper. The Shape is like a little girl. She wears a shirt and a skirt, also has two queues. It is very small; the height of it is only 34 cm. Her head just like an invert triangle and her two plaits are downward. She have no eyes and nose, only has a smiling mouth. The lines of her head, neck, plaits and legs are very soft. But the lines of her shirt and skirt are coarse and the skirt even has many corrugations. I think the subject of this artwork is childhood. Because children often represent childhood and a girl with queues in china is a typical case of childhood.
The artwork made me happy and peaceful. It reminds me my childhood and the things I did when I was a little girl. Because her hands are clasped behind her back and mouth up. As usual, children often represent childhood and happiness. They make us happy all the time. It reminds me my children time .I think of when I played with a big black and white cat ，I caught ants and put them into a bottle and so on . Because the appearance of the little girl like me when I was 6years old. I think planning relates to it because Ms. Bartell used to show us some pictures of her primary school and told some experience in her primary school. I think the artist’s intention is to remind people’s memory of children time.
I like this artwork. Because it can make me happy and peaceful and also can reminds me my childhood. The little girl is always smiling, it can make me feel her happiness and let me relax. I think children are the simplest people in the world. They don’t have to fight for the work, money, power or something else. Their pure smiles can warm people’s heart, make people happy and forget the sadness or something bad. I think other people may appreciate this artwork or may not appreciate this artwork .Because, I think different people has different opinions and interested in different events , but I’m sure there have some else has the same idea as mine.

I enjoy this trip very much. And I enjoyed the sculptures are made by Wu weishan. I can feel new cultural from these sculptures. The curator told us a lots of history about these sculptures and we can know how did the artiest make the artwork, how does judges think about them. So we can learn much knowledge from this trip.

2008.12.1GUEST ARTIST

December 1, 2008
Yesterday afternoon the school leaders brought a garden design expert, Mr. Zhao. He taught us a lot of knowledge on Chinese gardens and the differences between Chinese landscape garden and foreign garden. We were so lucky that can have a chance to learn so much interesting and useful knowledge.
We all know, gardens are used to be a place for people to relax, but now garden can also protect and improve the environment. As we knew our Chinese garden has thousands of history .Suzhou Classical gardens are the typical example of Chinese garden. Humble Administrator's Garden building in Suzhou development of the peak. It has a far-reaching artistic conception and elegant art and culture, so that can be the model of many classical gardens in Suzhou. Humble Administrator's Garden and the Beijing’s Summer Palace, ChengDe Mountain Resort, Suzhou stay Park and were referred to as China's four major classical gardens.
Chinese gardens are always connect with Chinese Traditional
Culture, many gardens were originated from some ancient poetry and some poets also got inspiration from different gardens.
The Suzhou classical gardens made the Residential and the view in-one .SO that people can live in a very beautiful environment and pursuit the harmony with nature .
I was particularly struck by Mr. Zhao’s introduction about the different kinds of stones in these gardens. I remembered that Mr. Zhao said the stone in the gardens were not naturally occurring ，some of them were made by people.
And he also told us how to choose stones. The top and the middle of the stones should bigger than the bottom of the stone. If some stones are connect with each other they should make a hole between them that people walk through the hole and feel the artistic of the garden.
Different gardens have different themes and artistic, some are exquisite, some are magnificent. We all proud of our ancestors could make so many beautiful spiritual wealth.
I really enjoyed yesterday Mr. Zhao’s speech ,he taught a lot about gardens and we all got many Benefits from his speech!