Σάββατο 22 Οκτωβρίου 2011

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Lu Si-yan got on the ferry traveling on the river back to her mother. The ticket man approched her and told her how much she had to pay for her ticket. Lu Si-yan took her bag and tried to find her money that Mrs. Hong had given her, she turned her bag upside down, emptie everything from it, but she could not find the money. The money wasn't there it was gone an someone must have stolen it while she was sleeping in the little house, she thought to herself maybe the men there that she heard took it from her. Lu Si-yan fainted at the thought of losing her money.

(Connection) This reminds me of something which had happened to my dad just after the summer break. The whole family was in Athens, and we went to see a music concert in a huge stadium. It was the stadium where the Olymic Games took place in 2004. It look ever so grand. We met some old friends from my old school an we all took a taxi to go there. We joined the qeue at the entrance of the stadium, we showed our tickets to the securaty woman, and we went in. Me and my friends wanted T-shirts as souveniers so my dad and his good friend went to the kiosk to buy them. When they went to pay they discovered that both of their wallets were stolen. I was very sad and very worried because we didnt have any money at all. We went and found our seats in the stadium and the show began. Oh yeah, i forgot to tell you that it was a very hot night. We were all so thirsty and we wanted some water to drink, but we didn't have any money to get some. After a while, we had a very big suprise. we saw my dad coming with bottoles of water. HORRAY, i have no idea where he found the money to get the water for us.
IT'S ALL A MYSTERY.

Πέμπτη 20 Οκτωβρίου 2011

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Lu Si-yan and her new friends walked in a karaoke bar, a man was playing music (the DJ), and they all had to stand on the stage and sing. She could not believe standing in front of all those people watching with expectations. She wanted to run away and hide. Her heart was beating very hard and fast, and she felt sick standing on the stage. When she joined in with the singing she felt much more comfortable and happy. She was ever so happy singing her favourite song.

(connection). I will tell you a story when I found myself more or less in a similar situation, and I understand exactly how Li Si-yan felt.

I was nearly 6 years old when I had my first ever ballet performance, with my ballet school. It was going to be in a very big theatre and lots of people were coming to watch all of us. We started preparing many months before. I was practicing a lot at my ballet school, trying to learn all the steps off by heart. We even had special dress-up cloths to wear for the big performance. The big day was coming very soon and I was feeling very nervous. On the day of the performance my nanny took me to the theatre so I can get ready, I remember how I felt. My stomach was very upset; I thought I was going to be sick. My stomach felt like I had evil butterflies in it. I was wandering if I could make it to the stage. Many people came to see me. The whole family was there and a lot of my friends too. When I got on the stage I thought I was going to faint, slowly, slowly I started to calm down and enjoy myself, and I remembered all the moves. At the end I really enjoyed my first ballet performance!

Πέμπτη 6 Οκτωβρίου 2011

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Spilled Water

Mrs Hong, Mrs Cren's mother in law, she could not walk and she was using a wheelchair. Her legs gave up years ago, and her eyesightr was not so good, which is why she liked to have someone to read to her. The rest of her was in full working order.

(Connection) My grandmother, Chrysoulla, was very ill a few months ago. She had a stroke and since then she cannot move her left hand and her left leg. She stays most of the time in bed and she moves only with a wheelchair. As she can't move her hand, she always needs someone to push her wheelchair. Our maid Siti, is staying with her and helping her a lot. I visit my grandmother very often and, because her house is not very fat from ours, when I have free time I always try to see her. I sit down next to her and we chat a lot, I tell her about how well i'm going at school, that I met new friends, I do my homework and what I do at ballet. I don't read books to her, but we play a lot of card games. together, and sometimes I let her win and make her laugh and feel happy. The happiest moments are when she calls me over and we all have pizza, and I do hope she will get better and start to walk again.

In the kitchen  Lu Si-yan was cutting vegetables and she cut herself deeply, a stain of blood fell on the floor, and she didn't know what to do, so she quickly got a kitchen cloth and wrapped it around her hand.

(Connection) When I was about 11 years old, I was cutting up some carrots and my hand slipped and I cut myself really bad, I didn't know what to do, so I looked around me trying to find something to wrap my hand. My mum came into the kitchen asking what happened to me, so i told her that i cut myself really bad so my mum and i went to the hospital to stitch it up and it was better in a few days.