Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Day 9 Journal

Prompt: Top 10: Learning moments, experiences, funny moments, TV shows. (6/15/2010)

The top ten things I learned are:
· The Terracotta Warriors were actually destroyed and then found in shattered pieces and reconstructed. I thought they were found in good condition.
· How well the Chinese protect their history from being damaged and keeping it alive.
· How the culture is still being practiced to and is taught to everyone. And it is still probably in the same structure when it was first built in.
· Kept valuable in tombs so the wouldn’t be exposed to air
· How the buildings and statues were made
· Hong Kong was affiliated with London
· People are just “borrowing” apartment buildings
· Fresh food can be bought at any time in the market
· How much thought was put into the Chinese legends

My top ten experiences are:
· Acrobatic show
· Great Wall of China
· Victoria Peak
· David tour guide
· Wild Goose Pavilion
· Temple of Heaven
· Terracotta Warriors
· Repulse Bay
· Walking through the venders mall
· The long plane ride

My top ten funny moments are:
· Dodging in and out of traffic
· Karaoke on the bus
· Karaoke outside of Happy Valley
· Tyler making the bus stop to go to the bathroom
· Seeing Bruce Lee pictures everywhere
· Vendors grabbing people and not letting them go
· Getting a sword down to 100 Yuan from 800 but not buying it
· Seeing Jackie Chan advertizing
· Jacob getting his fingernails painted black

My top ten TV shows are:
· Cars fighting each other
· Animated animal fighting in super suits
· Something like Pokémon
· CSI in English
· HBO in English
· Game shows
· Astroboy
· Soap operas
· China news in English
· Animated sheep show

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