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.

Weekends

My husband always complains about our messy home. He says "When I arrive home everyday it looks like an earthquake has just happened and you all have to escape!"

So last Sunday I decided to go out instead of cleaning up at home because I thought if we could take my son out then the house would be kept nice and tidy. Also we could use funday tickets to catch a ferry and have fun.

Sunday was a sunny day. We left home at 9:00am and arrived at Circular Quay after about half an hour. Then we met our friends Yan, her husband and son Tony on deck 5. We caught a ferry to Darling Harbour.

Tony and my son are in the same pre school. They are same age and same height. And also they are very good friends. We watched them laughing, talking and chasing each other in the sunshine in Darling Harbour and I felt I was going to be younger as well. We laughed, talked and ate snacks sitting on the lawn. After we had lunch we wanted to go to Parramatta by ferry but when we were on the ferry to back to Circular Quay, my son was asleep so we had to say goodbye to my friends and go back home.

I was very tired when we got home, but I was still very happy and we decided to go out again next weekend to keep my home clean!

Learning English tips

1. Learn English songs and sing them.
2. Practise English anytime and anywhere without fear.
3. Read kids books because there are more pictures in them and they are easy to understand.
4. Watch TV programs with subtitle if it is possible.
5. Record yourself and try to find any mistakes.
6. Use the Internet to learn English online (there are lots of free courses)
7. Try to use an English-English dictionary.
8. Play games with a partner to learn English.
9. Listen to native speakers as much as possible.
10. Study English at school such as TAFE.

Ga (Squeeze) Fairy

On annually April 14th of Chinese luna calendar, a lot of citizens of the cities and countries of Suzhou will flow inside the fairies' temples which are neighborhood of Xiatang Street in Laohemen to Ga Fairy. It is said that the day is the birthday of Lu Chunyang who was one of the Eight Fairies; he would change into the mendicant to arrive at the human life that day, help persons. Hence people all come here in this day, hope to meet the fairy, go to the diseases and prevent disasters; the lucky star is high to shine on. It is just a civil religious activity at first, changes into a grand temple fair once a year. Then, the small stands nearby of the fairy temple stand up like a forest, each kind of snacks, handicraft products, the flowers, birds, insects and fishes complete with everything. Currently, the Nanhao Street has become the very thick Suzhou's type ground with city's culture of Suzhou, there are the traditional taste snacks, special features food, civil handicraft products, small merchandise, flowers, birds, insects, fishes, curios and embroiders. It loads the folk tales and the history stories of Suzhou in the past and drew on numerous Chinese and Foreign visitors, is the new hot point of tour in Suzhou.