City Connections Reflection

In humanities class, we had to make a project about our home city. We had to list environmental factors, historical factors and statistical factors. I did my project on Boston, Massachusetts.

I think I had good pictures, I spoke with a clear voice and I listed all my sources.

I need to improve on eye contact. I remember when I was looking at the screen a lot instead of looking at the audience.

I learnt that everyone has a different style of presenting. Some people had a table of contents while other people didn't have any introduction at all. I also noticed that some people really enjoyed presenting while others didn't really like the event.

From Micah's presentation, I learnt that Singapore was founded by Dr. Stamford Raffles. And from Raissa's presentation, I learnt that the population of Melbourne is 4,000,000 people and the ratio of males and females is 50:50.

I feel I could have done better with the environmental factors because I only had one. I feel I did well with the historical factors. For the statistical factors, I didn't get to put the languages that are spoken in Boston and I didn't put the religions that were practiced in Boston. I could have added more maps of Boston but I feel I had enough pictures in all. I also had all the websites I used for my research.

I think that I did pretty well for my presentation but I should have had more eye contact and I should've tried to grab the audience's attention. Ayaka and Dylan had a little game which made the presentations fun but I didn't even have much information. Other people had 10 slides while I had 6. I think I could have added more information on each subject. Otherwise, I think I did pretty well.

Learning Profiles: Profile A

In class one time, Mr. Whiting came in and taught us about learning profiles. If you know your learning profile, then it will be easy to learn because you know what you need to improve on and what your learning strengths are. I have an A profile meaning these things:

I learn best when I focus on the details of what I'm studying. The best ways I learn are by studying, communicating with others and writing. I like to do things in an orderly fashion meaning that I like to do things in order.

I could improve with my gestalt side of my brain. (The creative side.) Being a person who's logical side of the brain is more dominant, I need to do more of seeing the big idea or the big picture. I also need to improve with my ability to think more with more variety. If I could combine all my knowledge together, then it would help my learning process very much.

Things that I can do to help my learning process are if I brainstorm my ideas, I have to trust my instincts and just do what my gut tells me to, I have to express my emotions more, I should do more sports, I should learn that it's okay if I don't understand something and that there are things that are unusual like things can be two different things at the same time and lastly, I should role play personal happenings to understand the big idea. There are other things that people with A learning profiles could do to improve their learning but I feel I already do them.

I would like my teachers to know about me is that I am limited when working under stress. I like being organized so that I can find my things easily and I understand my own work. I am a student that enjoys doing activities that keep me active even though I am not a gestalt learner. I enjoy reading and writing the most. I enjoy activities that involve tech gadgets or things that we do on the computers.

This is a picture of my dominant body parts. 

New Year's Resolution/New Year's Day/Laughing/My two Brothers

One of my new year's resolutions is to write more. I don't write very much at all. I enjoy writing but I don't do it enough. When I start writing, I go really deep into the story and make the story long and it has many details. The problem is that I don't write enough. I would like to write as much as I read and I read quite a lot. I want to write more so that I maintain the creativity of my imagination. If I don't write enough, I'm afraid that I won't be able to think up good ideas and plots for stories and my writing level will go down.

Another resolution I would like to achieve is that I'd like to make more friends. I already have many friends but I'd like to make more.  Making friends is good because it gives you time to socialize and show who you are to new people. I'd like to make new friends because I want to expand my choice of people to hang out with. Even though I already have many friends, I like making new ones because I like to know that if some of my friends leave school, I have my other friends to help me get over my sadness and I can count on them to make my school year fun even without my other friends who left.

My family celebrated New Year's in Hong Kong. We went to the 50's which is a place where they play live music and they welcome children in. The music they play is mostly old songs and songs that aren't really modern. That's why they're called The 50's. The 50's moved from one street to another place because they had to tear down the building that they used to be in.

When we walked into the new 50's, the first thing we saw was a table of people that must have been over the age of 60! We squeezed our way over to our table and sat down. I sat in the biggest, most comfortable chair there. The difference from the old 50's and the new 50's was that the new one is more modern. It is also more stretched out. The new 50's is more like a club and the old 50's was more like a pub. I prefer the new 50's very much. After a few songs, the band introduced the Elvis of Hong Kong. He sang a few songs by Elvis then handed the mic back to the band. They sang a few more songs then all of a sudden, I heard a kid's voice! I realized that it was twins singing "Baby" by Justin Bieber! After the kids sang that, the band went back to singing. Before we knew it, it was 12:00AM! The band sang a celebration song and we all linked hands and sang along. Then, we formed a konga line and went around the place. Everyone joined in! We were happily dancing around and eventually, our feet ached so much, we had to stop. I sent text messages to my two half brothers and my second cousin saying happy new year. After a while, we realized it was already 2AM! My dad and I were hungry so we went with one of the band members and my aunt to eat noodles. After that, we went home and had a good night's sleep.

One of my talents are making people laugh. I enjoy making people laugh because I like to see that I make people happy. I also like making people laugh because I like laughing! I'm a kind of person that can make a joke out of almost anything.

Something that not many people know about me is the history of my family. Most people don't know that I have two half brothers that live in Hong Kong. Both my mom and dad were married before. They both divorced and married each other after meeting in a pet store that they worked in. My mom had me when she was 43 so my parents are pretty old. They're old enough to be my grandparents and my brothers could be my parents! One of my brothers already has 3 kids!