My goal

My goal is to have my own business. It is not a dream anymore, I've got a plan going already.

Firstly, I am going to start a new course next year for tourism...

Then I might work in a travel agent for a while!

Lastly, I will open my own business.

Excursion

Last Tuesday we had an great excursion with some classmates at TAFE. First we went to St George Family Support Service. The manager told us lots of useful information.

Then we went to the Kogarah Storehouse in Uniting Church. There a lady told us about the the uses of the storehouse and how to apply to become a member.

Later we followed our teacher to the Kogarah Library. There are more fun in the library because there are more space. We've found more information about council and library.

At last we went to Carss bush park to have lunch. This is my favour park.

I have always enjoyed my studying here in TAFF and I appreciate having had very good time with teacher and all classmates. I have also improved my English alot.

It's the time to say goodbye. Even though I will miss Marion and all my classmates, I am looking forward to get a new challenge and to starting a new course next year. I hope that all of you will have a geart holiday and a happy new year.

Halloween

Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.

Common Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, committing pranks, telling ghost stories or other frightening tales, and watching horror films.

The history of Halloween goes back more than 2,000 years. The earliest celebrations of Halloween were among the Celtic people who lived in the areas which are now Great Britain and Northern France.

Halloween is not celebrated In China. But there is one on 15 seventh month in lunar carlindar. Children will hold lotus lamps and play together on Ghost Night.

Food

I really like to eat Chinese food because there are so many different kinds of food in China. Spicy, not so spicy, sweet and not so sweet. For example, we use a little amount of sugar in all of our foods. We do stir-frying, steam, boil and cool agitation...

But I still think I like to try any food I've never eaten. Now I like pizzas, hamburgers, salads and sandwiches...

I've tasted lots of Australian food such as kangaroo's meat, Anzac biscuits, lamington, pavlova and Vegemite. I'm not quite sure if meat pie is an Australian food as well but it is my favourite food here.

Royal National Park

Last Tuesday my friend May, her daughter, my son and I went to the Royal National Park. We took the free bus from Rockdale Migrant Resource Centre to get there.

The Royal National Park is large and is the second largest national park in the world. We were walking on the coast and viewing the magnificent views including beautiful beaches, rainforests and open woodlands.

On the day we went to Burning Palms, it took nearly one hour to get there. It is one of the most beautiful beaches in Australia. The kids were very excited playing on the beach. They were laughing, chasing each other and building sand castles. I took lots of photos there. And we also saw two teenagers surfing in the high waves. Bravo!

Later Max, an Aboriginal person did the welcome ceremony for us. He told us about some Aboriginal history and culture as well. Then he took us bush walking... We didn't follow him because the kids didn't want to leave the beach. So May and I had sat down on a rock and talked for a hour. We were so happy and relaxed! She told me how stupid I was not bringing water. That reminded me of the time when we were climbing a mountain in China, (and we forgot to bring water). We have to drink water in a dirty pond and then we kept running to the toilet. But there was no any toilet around the mountain. We were so embarrass to look for a toilet.

After two hours we moved to a park to have lunch and watched the Australian animals chatter and play.

We were on the way home after 3 o'clock and the all kids were asleep on the bus. It was a very tiring day, but interesting!

Picnic in Father's Day

yellow mountain

Mt.Huangshan, also called YellowMountain is regarded the most beautiful mountain in China.There is a saying from ancient time "After returning from MountHuangshan, there is no need to see other mountains."Mt.Huangshan is ancient scrolls of Chinese landscape painting. It is also the paradise for the photographers. It is famous for distinct peaks, magnificent rocks, odd-shaped pines and a sea of clouds. Mt.Huangshan, as one of the great symbol of China that has been listed as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site.
As beautiful as HuangshanMountain is, there is much more to offer visitors than just the mountain. Nearby HuangshanCity, and the ancient villages of Hongcun and Xidi are not to be missed sites on anybody's itinerary to China, which also have both been listed on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage List.

The two traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun preserve to a remarkable extent the appearance of non-urban settlements of a type that largely disappeared or was transformed during the last century. Their street plan, their architecture and decoration, and the integration of houses with comprehensive water systems are unique surviving examples.