SUPERPOWER-INSTANT MOVING

This morning, I left my home and went outside.

I said:”Why is it so cold?”

I was tired of going back home and wearing more clothes, so I just kept on going. After a few more paces, I remembered that I forgot my PE shirts, but it was so far from home. So I went on moving towards the bus stop. I found that I forgot my water bottle! Why didn’t I go back home earlier?

If I have instant moving super power, I can get everything I forget as soon as possible. Oh no, as soon as impossible!

CN Tower

I can decide to go to Toronto this weekend if I’m able to move rapidly. I will visit U of T first and then go to the CN tower. I won’t buy tickets, I just move to the pinnacle of the tower.

And then, I can go back to China for lunch.

After that, I'll absolutely go to my school and ask a pretty girl:”Would you like to go to Vancouver together with me for a half day trip? If yes, hug me.”

My high school in Tianjin

So, it would be a brilliant Vancouver trip.

And I can get up at 8:40 on Monday morning. Brush my teeth and wash my face. Then go to Starbucks for a cup of coffee.

I’m pretty sure that I’ll arrive at school before 8:45. Brilliant!

I'm affraid of being bored

I’m really afraid of being bored.

There are two kinds of boring for me.

word word word

On the one hand, I can’t stand the waste of time. I can’t lie in my bed for more than 1 hour and have nothing to do. Otherwise, I’ll be crazy! Victoria is such a relaxing place especially compared to my hometown Tianjin. Not because of the recreation but because of study. It is a little boring and I have nothing to do, but I can’t stop myself doing something! I decided to remember. I could spend hours and hours on it. And it works a lot. I can almost understand what an English passage is talking about now.

On the other hand, I’ll also be bored if I work for a extremely long time. So I need recreation. I always go to Saturday activities on time and I am always trying to find some fun for Sunday. For instance, I went to Goldstream Provincial Park with Kevin on Sunday. That was a super interesting day. (Mentioned in my older post)

I think I am able to overcome being bored. And I can get a lot from it. Not only more words, but also organize my life.

Vancouver Trip Comic

The Sea Otter

The sea otter is a marine mammal with a fat grey body, a small head and small limbs. Its head is white or grey and usually lighter than its body, it lives offshore of the North Pacific Ocean which is really cold.

First of all, it’s a cute animal and everyone is fond of it.

When I was looking at the sea otter, everyone beside me was saying “It’s so cute!” both elders and kids were fascinated. People usually think creatures that are chubby is quite cute. The sea otter fits the condition exactly. Its expression is very funny as well. It seems that it isn’t worrying about anything.

Secondly, it’s very smart.

It’s said “sea otters can hit sea urchins by using stones.” on Wikipedia. They can control the stone really well. I observed that it could hold a piece of ice gently. Its hands are really flexible. When someone was throwing some food to it, it could catch all of them exactly. It’s like someone is throwing branches to you and you can catch all the branches calmly. So you can imagine how hard it is.

Finally, I like the way of its movement.

It was swimming by back stroke. It seems that it could swim easily and it was easily float on the top of the water. But actually, it was holding a piece of ice, it would be impossible! I will fall into the water as soon as possible.

In conclusion, the sea otter is one of my favourite animals. But i would worry about the sea otter at Vancouver Aquarium, it can swim quite fast, but the “swimming pool” for it is so small. It is alone there. Maybe it would feel bored. We need try to make it happy!!

My best memory

Wild Play is one of the best games I have ever played.


Wild Play is made up of trees, platforms, wire ropes, zip lines, many boards and sticks, and other special things. The trees are really straight. There is a platform surrounding each tree. Platforms are connected by wire ropes, zip lines or “bridges” made by boards and sticks. There are also some measurements for safety.

At first, it wasn’t hard for me. It was only 2 metres from the ground. The “bridges” were secure. I could cross them easily. Although it started getting a little higher,  but it was still not so hard.


At the end, there were many zip lines, so it was all the way down. Finally, I reached the ground.


But it was only LEVEL 1!


LEVEL 2 was really scary.


There were bridges in level 2 as well. But it was only a bridge! In level 1, they gave me two ropes beside the bridge. But there were only boards connected by two ropes. So I could only step on and held nothing. I needed to be really careful to keep balance.


That’s not the hardest one. At least all of the boards were connected. There was one made up of sticks. I was scared! But I enjoyed it. All the sticks were separate, so each of them was similar to a swing.


It took me more than 5 minutes to finish it. I was 10 metres from the Earth! I needed to hold on tightly. So my muscles had become soaring ever since the beginning. And i couldn’t look down at the ground. It was the hardest one and it was also the most interesting one.


One of my best memories----Wildplay

A Challenging Time

I went to Goldstream Provincial Park with Kevin last Saturday (Oct,9)


On Saturday, i caught the earliest Number 26 Bus to uptown and met him there. We took the Number 50 Bus to the Langford Exchange.

When we arrived at the Langford Exchange, we found that we had to wait for the Number 58 Bus for more than 40 minutes! So we decided to walk to goldstream.

We were fortunate because Kevin had a GPS on his Smartphone. So we always knew exactly where we were. We followed the way of the Number 58 Bus by walking. We passed Langford Lake. We had a good view there. We went into a garden as well, there were small bridges and flowers below the bridges. We knew that it was better to walk instead of waiting for the bus. At least, we had already visited two places!

Soon, we reached Goldstream Park. We took a few pictures in front of the sign. After that, we walked amidst the forest. We saw a parking place. There was a BBQ place near it. But we didn’t have a car! We weren’t able to BBQ any food. So we took out two bottles of coke from Kevin’s backpack and drank together.

We went on an awesome trail. The trail was all the way through the forest. We found a map at each crossing. We followed the direction and eventually reached the stream. There wasn’t any salmon there! It was a pity. We found there was no more way for us as soon as we were able to touch the clean water. We went backwards.

Everything was tranquil until we heard a strange sound. We were worried about bears. But Kevin finally found that it was a bird. But i couldn’t see it! I missed an opportunity to have a look at the only creature bigger than a insect through the whole journey. Fortunately, it’s not a creature as big as bear.

There was a busy highway next to the park. We crossed it by passing an archway below the bridge around 1 o’clock. We saw a small waterfall and the river was still dry.

We followed the map. But we reached the railway by mistake. We knew that we were lost. We hadn’t got an opportunity to go back to the trail. We just followed Kevin’s GPS. We knew that we could reach a small town by walking through the railway although it was much longer than the trail, but it was safe.

Nothing happened, we walked along the railway.

Suddenly, we saw a small trail maybe someone had walked, we walked down the trail. But the trail became invisible. We thought we could go forward and do some rock climbing. It was so hard! We needed to find stones or branches which ware tough enough. We needed to step on small plants to make sure their spines won’t hurt us.

 I said “What are we doing!?”

Kevin answered “Call of Duty8: Modern Warfare 3”

When i was on the railway again, I thought how peaceful it was. But I saw a small white spider which as big as the nail of tomb. And I brushed it off. It’s lucky that neither of us were hurt. We were still two strong young men. We could go on our journey.

We found a road. That was much better than railway! And it was showed on GPS. We knew that we would probably climb a fence, but we decided to try it. The road was really good for walking. But the fence wasn’t. It was even higher than us, and there were barbed wire on it, Kevin did first, he climbed it successfully. Then i threw my bag and his bag over the fence.

“Now, it’s my turn.”I said.

I was really nervous because I couldn’t imagine how could we continue our journey if I hurt myself. And I could hold it with my hand because there were all spines. So i was only able to step on the wire and couldn’t make my feet closer to the ground. So I just jumped. My pants got a little torn and my shirt was a little rip. But at least, we reached the town. We could ask some human beings for help! Thanks god!

A small bus stop for Number 58 Bus was our new destination. There were some teenagers there! They said it was going to the Exchange and the bus would come very soon.

Finally, Number 58 Bus to the Langford Exchange

Number 50 Bus to uptown

Number 30 Bus to Kevin’s home

AND Number 26 BUS TO MY HOME!!!!!

What a nice day!

Gavin's timeline

Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
	09/03/1995	I was born
	01/01/1997	My first time took a plane.	I took a plane with my dad went to Chengdu from Tianjin while my mom was taking a train. She is affraid of flight.
	01/02/1997	Went back to Chengdu and Chongqing.	My dad was born in Chengdu. My mom was born in Chongqing.
	09/01/1998	Went to kindergarten
	03/01/1999	First time got tympanitis	At that time, my mom was in Japan. So only my dad and I was in Tianjin. And I got the illness. Mom was so mad with dad because she thought that dad didn't take enough care of me.
	01/01/2000	First big red flower in kindergarten	We will get a small flower as an award.10 small flowers equal to a middle flower.10 middles flowers equal to a big flower. So it costs lots of time to get a big flower.
	09/01/2001	First time went to school
	08/01/2002	Went to west part of China.	I went to Urmuqi and Dunhuang. We were taken into the desert by a car. Dad said that I never cherished water that time. I only know I'm thirstyand it's really hot.
	03/01/2003	Went to United States	Dad went to visit UC berkely. I went together with him and stayed in San Francisco from one semester. And then we traveled for about one mouth throughout USA.
	07/01/2004	First time got empyrosis
	07/03/2007	Final exam for primary school
	08/01/2007	Went to UK	I stayed in Birmingham for two weeks and then traveled around UKfor two weeks.
	06/26/2010	Final exam for junior high school
	07/15/2011	Went to Canada	I decided to go to a summer school in victoria. But at last......I decided to stay
	08/15/2011	Design to stay in Canada
	10/09/2011	Went to goldstream provincial park	It's a fantastic experience!

Movie review:“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

We saw the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” last week. It told us Ferris Bueller’s wonderful day together with his girlfriend Sloane and his best friend Cameron. The Chinese name of this movie means “spring isn’t a study day”. I think it’s a fantastic translation.

Once, it is a normal and boring school day when Ferris pretends to be sick in order to skip school. He convinces Cameron to join him and lend him his father’s Ferrari car which is not allowed to use. And then he uses an expedient way to let Sloane skip school.

Their trip begins.

They arrive in downtown Chicago and park the car.  They go to an exclusive restaurant by pretending Ferris is the sausage king of Chicago. They also go to a baseball game and an art gallery. At last, there is a big celebration on the main road of Chicago. There is a group of floats and everyone is excited. No one knows how Ferris can get on those floats and sing some incredible songs and everybody follows him.

Meanwhile, his teacher Rooney is trying to find Ferris at his home. But he is so unfortunate, he gets stuck in the mud, chased by their dog, and even mistake thought as a robber by Ferris’s sister Jeanie. Jeanie kicks him and calls the police to catch him up. He’s a disgusting man with horrible smell when he bumps into the school bus. It’s a really shame day for Rooney.

How is Jeanie? She is so mad with Ferris that he can skip the day easily and still be known as a good boy. She just wants to stop everything what’s happening and prove that Ferris isn’t a good student.

Everyone’s characteristic is quite different from each others in the movie.

Ferris is adventurous and clever. He’s the designer of the day.

The Ferrari GT 250 California

I’d like to talk more about Cameron. He changes a lot during the day. He’s worried about everything, he’s worried about that the school will know that he’s skipping the school, he worries about the car, he worries how his dad is going to deal with him. As I just mentioned, they park the brilliant car in downtown Chicago. But the valets just drive the car for recreation. So the odometer miles go over what they were. He doesn’t know how mad his father will be. We are able to know that Cameron’s father only cares about his car and all his property instead of Cameron and his mom. Cameron find that he needs to be brave and tells his dad what’s important. He says to Ferris, “It’s the best day in my life!” He kicks the car and it’s ruined at last. So he doesn’t need to worry about how many miles it goes anymore. The movie doesn’t show the result, but I think Cameron’s family as well as himself will change a lot.

I haven’t found anything I don’t like in the movie so far. It’s not spectacular as “Avatar”, but I think the plot is awesome.

I will give 95 out of 100 to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. I like the plot, but I think it might be little fictional. If I was the director, I would make it closer to our real life so that it could be more educational.



Sloane(left);Ferris(middle);Cameron(right)

40 things I want to do before I die

1.       skateboarding or skiing on a steep ski hill

2.       climb a very high mountain step by step

3.       sit in or drive a Formula 1 car

4.       travel adventurous places alone

5.       travel many fun places

6.       take a spacecraft out of atmosphere

7.       I would like to be a science subject professor

8.       A consultant

9.       An engineer

10.   Contribute most of my possession before I die

11.   Create some useful things

12.   Children, but not so many

13.   Enough money is perfect for  me

14.   I’m not interested in big amount of money

15.   Have some good friends

16.   Always be healthy

17.   Prefer a strong body

18.   Learn at least one kind of musical instrument

19.   My own house

20.   Big backyard. Actually, I prefer a natural mountain or a natural forest as my backyard

21.   Finish undergraduate and graduate degree in a good university

22.   Get a scholarship

23.   Learn more than 4 languages including Chinese and English

24.   Publish few books

25.   Once, I’m able to say to my children “see, your father published a book”

26.   One girlfriend

27.   One wife

28.   Sing songs better

29.   Be kind

30.   I want to be intelligent

31.   Be more expressive

32.   Spend every day happily

33.   Do better at sports

34.   Travel to Germany for at least one year

35.   Visit Intel and nvidia factory

36.   Visit Google centre

37.   Visit Motorola university

38.   Travel to Mexico (visit Ricardo)

39.   Travel to Brazil (visit Marcela)

40.   Travel to Japan (visit Yuri, Sakura and Yuwi)