As Time Goes Bye-Bye

The clock keep tickling and time keep passing, people are getting older. Before times passes me by, I want to travel around the world. It is what I have always dream of because I like traveling. Through traveling I can understand the cultures in different countries. I love to visit museums and musical theatres. For example, the Broadway Theater District in New York, La Fenice in Italy and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Those are the famous buildings with long history in the world. I hope I can travel around the world and visit these significant buildings.

Moreover, I want to open my own business when I’m thirty-five. I want to have my own accountant company. As I know I won't keep working until I’m sixty years old. I want to have a steady income and can enjoy it even after I retire. It is the best way and thirty-five is the good time to do it. After working in some big companies for 8 or 9 years, I have enough experiences so I can manage my company well.

To achieve my goal, I have work hard because I know time don't wait for anyone. Although I’m still young, something in my life have already gone or left me. For example, my grandpa died in cancer several years ago. It lets me know that we should treasure what we have and grab the opportunity when it comes. I believe “the world is our oyster” and I would try my best on doing everything.

My Family Story :)

              When I was young, my father always told me the story of my grandparents. He said that without their hardworking and thrifty, we won’t have that comfortable life. We should treasure what we have and don’t take it for granted.

              Back to the centuries, my grandfather grew in a poor family. They had no money for school, new clothes or shoes. They are ragged, they had no shoes. Sometimes, they had to sleep in hunger because they didn't have enough food to eat. However, my grandfather didn’t give up. He is very positive and diligence. He learned to make glue pudding and sold it for money. His business helped to get some incomes for the family and their life became better. They brought new shoes, new clothes and books. He got a great business and opened his own store several years later. One day, he met my grandma and he fell in love with her. They got married and born my father. Then, they took all their money and move to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, they sold bargains in Tin Hau. To receive the stock and get a good spot, they had to wake up at 5am. And they went home at 12:00pm every day. It's very exhausting. However, through their struggles, they became richer. They can afford to buy a house and a store. They opened a clothes store and got a great business.

              It's a inspirational and touching story. It motivates me to work harder and treasure everything I had. I hope that I be as success as my grandfather.

My Own List of Lists!

1.    People who have influenced me

-          My grandfather

-          Parents

-          Chinese teacher in grade 3

-          Piano teacher

2.      Places that make me happy

-          My house in Hong Kong

-          My bedroom in Canada

-          Cheung Chau in HK

 

3.      Places I would like to go

-          My home in HK

-          Paris

-          New York

-          Egypt

-          Africa

 

4.      Things in people which I like

-          Patient

-          Faith

-          Never give up

-          Kind

 

5.      Things in people which I dislike

-          Untidiness

-          Pessimistic

-          Bossy

 

6.      Things that worry me

-          The IELTS test in January

-          The university application

-          My final exam

-          My piano exam

 

7.      Things that I would like to know how to do

-          Get a better result in Maths

-          Become smarter

-          Rob a bank without being caught

 

8.      Things that have moved me

-          Listening to songs of GEM

-          Phone calls from my parents oversea

-          Lunch after 30 hours famine

 

9.      Ideas that intrigue me

-          Backpacking different countries

-          Paint the house J

-          Rob the bank (again! LOL just kidding)

 

10.  My personal favourites

-          Eating!!!

-          Sleeping!!!!

-          PLAY ROLLERCOASTER!!!!J

Ten words belong to me

11.   Affable – easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable, gentle and gracious. I think I’m a nice and easy-going person. When people ask me for favour, I’m willing to help them or answer their question.

22.   Ecstasy – intense joy or delight. I’m an optimistic person. When I meet trouble, I will think it in a good and face it. Try to overcome it and solve the problems.

33.       Hijinks – noisy and mischievous merrymaking. I like to go to parties and enjoy the time with my friends. However, sometimes we forget to lower our voice. My neighbour doesn’t like it, he complains about our noise.

44.      Toats – it means totally. It thinks this word belongs to me because I’m a very moody. I can either do very good on a project or bad depends on my mood. I’m a totally extreme person.

55.       Exasperated – to be tired and stressed or frustrated and just plain exhausted. This word can fully describe how I feel in the morning of school day. I feel tired and don’t want to go to school.

66.      Awesomesauce – something extremely awesome. This word belongs to me because I like things that awesome. I hate boring life and love adventure.

77.      Magnanimous – generous, princely, unselfish. I like sharing. I like share the good news, restaurants and movies with my friends.

88.       Lacuna – a blank space or missing part. As I’m still young, I think my life is like a blanket that waiting for me to fill in. I should do whatever I want and dream big. Run to my goal bravely and don’t be afraid.

99.      Childish – like a child. Although I’ already a teenager, I’m still like a child in my parents’ eyes. They will forget and help me whenever I make mistakes because they love me and want to take care of me.

110.   Faith – confidence or trust in a person or thing. This word is very important to me as a Christian and teenager. I have faith in my life, I believe here’s always a way out. It helps me to go through the troubles and become strong.

You reap what you soil

     When I was young, my parents told me to treasure what I have, because their effort doesn’t come easily. My grandparents came at a poor family. Before my grandfather came to Hong Kong, he lived with his eight brothers and sisters in a filthy room. As he was the eldest brother, he took care his brothers and sisters and did the chores every day. Moreover, he helped his parents to take care the stalls that they had. He was tired and felt exhausting.

     Growing up, my grandfather learned to create his own business. He worked in a clothes shop for three years and learned how to manage a store. It provided a lot of experience for him and prepared for his own business. Three year later, my grandfather opened a clothing store with his friend and stated his retail business. As they were still fresh to the market, they had a hard time. They went to different countries to visit garment factories and made sure their qualities are satisfied. It is tough for them, however, they faced the challenges and didn’t complaint to their works. After several years, they had a good reputation for their store and got success in their business. One day, my grandfather met my grandma and they fell in love. After my father was born, they decided to move to Hong Kong. They gave up everything in China and brought a store and a house in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, they had to start over their business. Because of the experience and struggles through years, they finally got success.

     The story changes my value. It makes me understand that everything comes with a price. There's no free lunch in the world. If you want to get success, you have to spend your time on it and work hard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andy Warhol's art work

Art Work:

1.      Marilyn Monroe – 1964

Material: Silkscreen and oil on canvas

The art work is to pay tribute to Marilyn Monroe. It created a “collage” style to present the portrait of Marilyn Monroe. It uses a many wild and bright colours to illustrate the work.

 

2.        Campbell's Soup Can – 1962

Material: Silkscreen on canvas

Size: 35 3/4 x 24

  The art work was created during the early Pop art movement. The whole picture is all Campbell’s Soup Cans. Campbell’s soup can was popular during the 80s and 90s. Andy Warhol decided the paint it because the soup can is significant for him. He drank it every day in the morning and it became part of his daily life.  

3.      The sixteen Jackies – 1964

Material: Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas

Size: 80 x 64 in

There’re faces of four kids in the pictures. Their faces keep repeating on rows Andy Warhol chose their faces because they appeared ubiquitously in the media after the assassination.

I choose Andy Warhol because I like his art works and ideas. He likes to create works that near to his life. That remind me that art can be everywhere in our life. For example: your teacher’s faces, the tree behind your house or even a poster that you see every day. If you pay a little bit attention, life can be funny and more interesting. Moreover, he is talented at using colours. For exmaple: the Marilyn Monroe is merged of successive intense colours. However, it is successful and looks suitable. 

Andy Warhol's profile

Artist Name: Andy Warhol

Style: Pop art

Life history:

   Andy Warhol is an American artist and film maker. He is talented and very popular in the second half of the twenties century. His art works including drawing, painting, prints and videography.

   When he was in college, he discovered the blotted-line technique. It was to tape two pieces of blank paper together and then draw in ink on one page. Before the ink dried, press the two pieces of paper together. Finally a picture with irregular lines comes out, and color in with watercolor. Andy Warhol didn’t like to study, he always missed classed. He only interested in art. He took arts at school and Carnegie Museum.

    Before he became an artist, he was a commercial illustrator. He worked to explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement. After that, he acted as a leader of the visual art movement. He also discovered the process of silk screening. This technique uses a specially prepared section of silk as a stencil, allowing one silk-screen to create similar patterns multiple times.

    Moreover, Andy was a gay man and he lived openly even before the gay liberation.

http://www.biography.com/people/andy-warhol-9523875/videos/andy-warhol-mini-biography-2168460552

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