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 25-Sep-06
Bugs!Bugs in China are very different to what we have in NZ. I saw a hornet which is like a huge wasp. This bug is about 3cm long and flies quite slowly. We don't know its name but people tell us it does not bite (unlike all the mozzies that like to eat us).
21-Sep-06
Maths and Games!Most of the time I do maths using computer programs like Treasure Maths Storm and Timez Attack.
Timez Attack is an action game that helps you learn your times tables (multiplication tables)
from 2 to 12. We tried the demo version and liked it so much that
Dad bought the full version for me. This game is fast, cool and
you'll need lots of skill to get through it, especially in the Lava
level!!
I also tried a game called "Feeding Frenzy" - which is a fun game where you eat fish, grow and eat bigger fish. You have to avoid fish that are bigger then you or they will have you for lunch! Sometimes the fish get upgraded to a new type of fish with a new name. I only played the demo but got through the whole thing. 
Last night we went to the Pizza shop and tried their pizza! Their Hawaiian pizza did not taste the same as my favourite Spagalimis Pizza. 19-Sep-06
My Scooter RideWang Jin is our main contact person at the College where Mum teaches. She met us when we arrived in Shanghai. Wang Jin has a battery powered scooter that two people can ride on. Yesterday I got a ride on her scooter with her when we went to the Police Station to get our residents permits. We didn't wear helmets since cyclists and motorcyclists don't have to wear helmets here. I liked the wind in my face. The Trip to NanjingNanjing is the Capital city of Jiangsu province. About 6 million people live there. It's a big city with lots to explore! On Friday my family and I went to visit some Kiwi people
in
Nanjing. Mum met Hilary and Gary through email after we got
to China and they invited us
to stay for the weekend. We took an "Express" bus but it
seemed
so slow and it took almost an hour to get there. It was
pouring
down with rain when we got there. A man offered to take us in
his
taxi but it didn't have a meter or real taxi signs and he wanted to
charge us too much so we didn't take it. We walked in the
rain
for a while and then hailed a real taxi who took us to Hilary's
apartment block. It was luxury compared to our apartment even
though it was on the 6th floor and there was no lift! We went shopping and found raspberry jam and New Zealand
Mainland Cheese and Anchor Butter. Yum! On Saturday we took buses and the Metro (an underground train) to the big lake near the centre of the city. We walked though the gates in the huge city wall that was built in the 1400's. 
 We hired a three-seater bike (should it be called a
triple-tandem?) but I didn't have to pedal because my legs were not
long enough!   We rode around the islands in the lake and saw
these cool dragons:  After this we went back to the centre of the city on the
Metro and had lunch at McDonald's. 13-Sep-06
Making a Dice
Mum wanted a big dice (some people call it a die) for her English
class. It was part of my maths work for today to make it for
her. For research,
we looked on the
Internet to find interesting facts about the dice: did you know that
the numbers on the opposite faces add up to 7? I took most of
the
photos as we documented our
process (just in case we need to make another one). |
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