Carol's Life Recording

Now that it's over, what are my first thoughts about this overall project? Are they mostly positive or negative?  Interesting and meaningful. I learn a lot from my project and I practice my skills through this project. I consider they are mostly positive. If positive, what comes to mind specifically? Negative? I did a lot for the first time. I experienced a lot I didn't do before. I developed some skills and solved some problems I didn't thought before. For example, I interviewed strangers for the first time, I am afraid of doing this kind of things. However, the first stranger gave me confidence to interview next one. In addition, during this time, I practice my public speaking. That was a impreseive experience. What were some of the most interesting discoveries I made while working on this project? About skills? About myself? About others? When I edited the videos, I found some useful and interesting apps. That they were helpful for me. I also learnt something from...

This Friday, Utah Summer Game took place in SUU. Its opening ceremony at 8:30 pm. When we came here, there were lots of people stay there. On the way to the location, we met a interesting thing. When we almost arrived here, it began to rain suddenly. In case of that we took the umbrella. We ran to the pavilion to hide from the rain. Gradually, more and more people came here to hide rain. However, at that time, we saw the beautiful scene. The sky's color was beautiful. It changed quickly. I took some pictures to record it. And the rain stopped quickly too. People returned to the playground to watch the ceremony again. They were still excited. It was a romantic rain. Rain with the sunset. During the ceremony, we saw the firework. I haven't saw the fireworks for few years. I was so excited. However, we missed the last firework. We left a little early.  I am looking forward to the next Utah summer game! I won't leave early! I will wait for the fantastic firework! Many s...

This Wednesday, I tried a new restaurant called The Pastry Pub. It was a small restaurant. I ordered Turkey Sandwich. It was bigger than I ever ate. It was salty for me. However, it was full of stuff, it was enough for dinner. I think it was cheaper than most sandwich restaurant. It was substantial. I want to try new flavor next time.

Today, Maggie Lewis gave us a presentation. Ashleigh Zimmerman helped her to give some details. I think it is a excellent presentation. The presenter was good at body language and eye contact. I can listened clearly about what she talked about. She also gave me a sense which I was involved in this presentation. She also gave us some chances to discuss together. For some words that maybe we can't understand well, they would give us explanations. Patient and sweet. A good experience about presentation.

This Wednesday, the school organized the trip to Pine Valley. On 10 am, we left on time. It was a sunny and windy day. On the way to the destination, I saw so many cows and sheep. I also saw the river when we nearly arrive the location. So, when I got off the van, I had destination to go. I really like the water and stream. I felt calm down and comfortable when I stayed there. It was a good place to avoid hot. Cool wind came to my hug. Afterwards, we tried to find the other side of river. Then, we found a forest. We can smell the fragrance of the pine. That let us feel relaxed and easy. I liked to photograph the water. This place was satisfied my acquirement. I also took so many photos. Excursion also is good way to exercise. And we can find some interesting things and feelings. I loved this place. It was a wonderful trip experience.

This Saturday, I went to the Saturday Market. It lasted from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. At the beginning, I though it was a place to sell vegetable and fruit. However, I was wrong. It was to sell secondhand items Some books or little things or dresses. In a cheap price. It looked like tiaozao Market in China. The same form.

I watch this video about underground. This video mainly talked about London Tube and further talked about the world's underground. The presenter thought maps can represent the civilization. The London underground came together in 1908. It was the last century things. It was amazing. I admired the inventor! It had eight different independent railways. However, it was a little complex for people. Afterwards, people realized the system was more important.  Harry Beck made every station color correspond to the color of the line. This map would be useful for people. This was more like diagram. Now, so many cities and countries also use this form. So, everything has its value. We should respect the things which exist in this world. It is not easy for success.

WHY THE PENCIL IS PERFECT I watch this video about pencil. The presenter thought pencil is perfect for her. She talked about the history about the pencil and her feeling. I like TED this series, small thing big idea. These presenters found some unimpressive things in life for most people. At the same time, they can find the soul of these items. They are all good at living I think. This video said that the way to make pencils never change until now. The pencils are graded on through four for different hardness. Number two being the ideal hardness for general use. In life, I usually use it for exams. Originally, when pencils were handmade, they were made round. It's hard to make. Afterwards, American invested the machine to make pencils and make a standard for them. So today's pencils are all hexagonal. In the end, the presenter said "there's nothing that can be done to make the pencil better than it is." This series video can help me quickly know the history o...

Friday afternoon, I with my partner to eat the new Thai restaurant near downtown. It is closer than another Thai restaurant near Walmart. We order the sweet sticky rice with mango and fried noodle. I think one serving is smaller the other one. And it didn’t provide soup and spring roll for lunch. So I consider this restaurant is suitable for who cannot eat too much. It advantage is close to school. However, if you have car. I suggest the other Thai restaurant. It will be substantial. Each entree is same price with the other Thai restaurant. Also the new restaurant is smaller than the other one.

Thursday afternoon, I with my partner prepared to find a new restaurant that we never been before. We chose the Firehouse Subs. Taste good! I think the small one is suitable for afternoon tea. I also recommend chips. This kind of chips have special flavors. Different feelings. We think this restaurant is like theme restaurant. It may served for firemen before. We want to learn more about this. Unfortunately, shop assistants didn't know something about this. And the owner was on vacation. Trying new things is good. I can have more choices afterwards.