University of Toronto St. George Campus:

The St. George campus combines historic architecture and inviting green spaces in the centre of downtown Toronto.

Hart House Tower, Fall, St. George Campus, University of Toronto

The reason I want to go to the university of Toronto is because This is a great university with students from all over the world.It 's diversity attracts me a lot.
The Rotman School of Management( http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/index.html) is a good business school in the world .So,I hope I can have the chance to study there.

My First term summary

Dreaming~~ First term has already passed. and all my results came out.Actually,I'm satisfied with all my results.
Every one says term one in Grade12 is a hard term.We need the report to be shown in the school fair.And the universities will see it .I want to go to the Uof T.And this university needs very high average score 86% and ILELS 6.5.And luckily.I have already reached these requirements.I may get nearer and nearer to my dreaming university.

In term One,I struggled a lot on my courses.They are becoming more and more difficult and I chose two difficult courses,Biology and Geography.Sometimes,I really want to drop them.Those courses made me tired.However,I carried on learning them and finally,I got good results.My determination amazed myself.Like my favourite song says"I won't give up,I won't break down."
Eventhough my results are satisfactory,scores can really say nothing except my ability to study.We will go abroad in about half a year.In these half a year,I still need a lot to learn.Such as cooking,driving,communication and so on.I also need to improve my listening because in the university,the professors talk in different dialects.I need to recongnize and understand them.When I go to the university abroad.I will need not only the ability to study but also the ability to survive.

Term two is the present,term one is the past,face the present and value the past.Do what I think I should do,my dream will come true.

Someone is watching over me --Hilary Duff

Some one is watching over me

---My favourite English song

Lyric

found myself today, oh i found myself and ran away

something pulled me back, voice of reason i forgot i had

all i know is you're not here to say

what you always used to say

but it's written in the sky tonight

so i won't give up, no i won't break down

sooner than it seems life turns around

and i will be strong, even if it all goes wrong

when i'm standing in the dark i'll still believe

someone's watching over me

seen that red light, and it's shining on my destiny

shining all the time, and i won't be afraid

to follow everywhere it's taking me

all i know is yesterday is gone,

and right now i belong

to this moment to my dreams

it doesn't matter what people say

and it doesn't matter how long it takes

for leaving yourself and you'll find

and it only matters how true you are

be true to yourself and follow your heart

that i won't give up, no i won't break down

that someone's watching over,

someone's watching over

someone's watching over me

yeah yeah

oh oh someone's watching over me

This song is my favourite English song. It is sung by Hilary Duff,my favourite actress and singer.The reason I like this song is because when I listen to this song,I feel strong."be true to yourself and follow your heart,that i won't give up, no i won't break down"This is the most moving and encouraging lyric.When I trap in the difficulties and meet obstacles,I know I should't give up and break down.Because someone is watching over me and supporting me.

my chracteristic

Extroverted (E) 56.67%

Introverted (I) 43.33%

Intuitive (N) 51.43%

Sensing (S) 48.57%

Feeling (F) 52.63%

Thinking (T) 47.37%

Judging (J) 56.41%

Perceiving (P) 43.59%

ENFJ - "Persuader". Outstanding leader of groups. Can be aggressive at helping others to be the best that they can be. 2.5% of total population.

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The Best of Detective Conan

The Best of Detevtive Conan

I'm a detective novel fan.I love to watch movies about detectives or polices. The cartoon "The Best of Detevtive Conan" is my favourite.Now ,with the help of the Internet,I 'll give a brief introduction of the plot of this series novel.

The story starts by introducing 17-year old high school student Jimmy Kudo who is a genius detective, and his childhood girlfriend , Rachel Moore .Jimmy took Rachel to a trip to a theme park named "Tropical Land" and encounters a murder. After easily solving the case and showing off his detective skills, he notices two mysterious men wearing black. Telling Rachel to go on home, he tracked the men to a meeting place and witnesses an illegal deal. However, one of the men in black notices him and knocks him out. Instead of directly killing him, the two men in black give him an untested experimental poison which was supposed to not only kill Jimmy, but also leave no trace of poison in Jimmy's body. However, Jimmy wakes to find that he is still alive, but has now been shrunk, and his age reverted back to that of about his six year old self .Following the advice of Dr. Herschel Agasa ,Jimmy hides his real identity so that the men in blackwon't find out that he is alive. When Rachel asks for his name, Jimmy thought out the name "Conan Edogawa". Agasa says that "Conan" is a relative of his, but that he is too busy to take care of a young child, and suggests that Conan go to live with Rachel, and both Conan and Rachel agree.Conan feels that by living with a detective, he may be able to acumulate clues that would lead him to the people who poisoned him. However, Rachel's father, Richard Moore is a stupid detective and Conan always solves mysteries in stead of him, while he gets the credit. As Conan appears to be just a boy, police do not pay any attention to him. Conan instead himself by using Detective Moore ,putting him to sleep with an "anesthesia gun-watch" and pretending to be Moore by using a voice changer disguised as a bow tie. In this way ,Conan helped the police and Rachel's father, Richard Moore solve a lot of cases.

Jimmy Kudo is a very handsome boy in manga.He is intelligent and brave .I like the process of his inference in the movie or on the DV. Also the cases the writer made are very attractive. I wonder how did the writer write this novel and think of the cases. That's extraodinary. I have to admire the writer.Building such a handsome and intelligent detective.It's brilliant.

In this story,I like another cool character Phantom Thief Kid ,Magic Kaito.He is a genius theaf who is also a worthy rival and enemy of Conan.He loves to steal things that are hard to get (especially jewelry) and doesn't mind involving into risky adventures along the way.He is a theaf with integrity .He likes to help the poor and fights against the evil .He likes to wear white coat and half of the glasses in white in the manga.When he appears, he always flys with his white microlight.He is so cool.

Jimmy Kudo and his childhood girlfriend , Rachel Moore

Phantom Thief Kid ,Magic Kaito

Phantom Thief Kid ,Magic Kaito

Recently, I have watched several series of the movie of "The Best of Detevtive Conan ",I think I 'm a little addicted on it.I like to predict who is the killer.This makes me feel excited.It's a little difficult for me to get rid of it.Detective story is really interesting.

My home town DaLian

I'm kind of hybrid.Because my parents are from 2 different groups .My father is from Miao which settles in the south part of China.My mother is from Han and she lives in Dalian from the time she was born.I follow my father ,I 'm Miao which made all my friends surprised.^.^Because I was born in Dalian,my home town is Dalian.Now I 'll give you a brief introduction of my home town DaLian.
Dalian is located in Liaoning Province.It lies in the southern part of Liaodong Peninsula .It is a coastal city .She is young charming and attractive.It is the romantic combination of mountains and seas. Dalian is a famous summer resort and one of the tourist terminals of China with its beautiful scenery and pleasant environment. Dalian is an outstanding tourist city in China. The Southern Coast, the Forest Park, Lüshun Port, Golden Pebble Beach and the Bingyu Valley are important because they are famous national tourist spots. Many large-scale internationalized events including the annual Dalian International Fashion Festival, Acacia Flowers Festival, Spring Festival of Fireworks, and Dalian Import and Export Commodities Fairs of China attract people all over the world to the seaside city of Dalian. Dalian is one of the cities with fast economy development in China.It is now becoming more and more fluorished.
On Sep.29th 2008 ,the 29th "Hundred Flowers awards "was held in Dalian.It is an important honor for the actors and actresses.Few cities can get the change to hold this event.This means that DaLian is now becoming more and more famous and popular.

Here is People's Square.The government of DaLian is settled here.

Here is ZhongShan Square, one of the city centers of DaLian

This place is Labour Park.Here reminds me of my childhood.I learned drawing before.And I usually drew pictures here.Here you can see the big soccer.That is because Dalian is called" the city of soccer".

DaLian is famous for her horse-riding women police. It is a special sight in Dalian.The horse-riding women police are very charming and attractive.They are required to learn not just horse riding, but also motorcycle and police vehicle driving skills so that they can better undertake security enforcement, patrols guard of honor performances and other duties.

A beautiful Horse-riding Women Policepatrols guard of honor performances

Also,the accent of Dalian is very funny.Many peple like to speak it even though it is not local. Actually,I don't like to say it and hear it.Because I think it doesn't sound beautiful.

Welcome to Dalian!!!People here are very hospitable!!

free write

My goodness!! Another week has passed~~still tired.But new hope will come. That is the National Holiday.We will have 7 days relaxed.I have to say that these 3 weeks passed so fast with tiredness and tension.I can feel a lot of pressure in every quiz,lesson and class.Another reason I felt very tired is because the PE class.Too much activities such as running and fitness and too much PE class.Remember in Grade 10 and 11,each week we only have 2 PE classes.And the activites we had was not so much.
This week, we had a body check.I was afraid of needles~~so nervous!!

Journal of Terry Fox

Let's read about Terry's journey, much of it excerpts from the journal he wrote in along the way.
April 12: 0 km
St. John's, NF
Terry Fox dips his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean and sets out on his Marathon of Hope.

April 21: 346 km
Gander, NF"
It was an exciting day in Gambo. People came and lined up and gave me ten, twenty bucks just like that. And that's when I knew that the Run had unlimited potential."

Day 15: 542 km
South Brook Junction, NF
"Today we got up at 4:00 am. As usual, it was tough. If I died, I would die happy because I was doing what I wanted to do. How many people could say that? I went out and did fifteen push-ups in the road and took off. I want to set an example that will never be forgotten."

May 6: 882 km
Port-Aux-Basques,NF
Port-Aux-Basques, population 10,000, raised $10,000, equal to one dollar per person. Several weeks after Terry left Newfoundland, he found out that this total increased by another $4,000.

1,234 km
Highway 7, NS
"Twenty-six miles is now my daily minimum. It is beautiful, quiet, peaceful country. I love it."

May 15: 1,278 km
Sheet Harbour,
NSAfter a reception where Terry ran with some school children, he wrote: "When I ran with the kids I really burned it just to show them how fast I could go. They were tired and puffing. All right!"

May 20: 1,373 km
Dartmouth, NS"
I ran to the vocational school here with fifty students. I ran about a mile. They had raised about $3,000. What a great group of kids! Too bad not everybody was doing that."

May 26: 1,728 km
Charlottetown, PEI
"There were lots of people out to cheer me on and support me. Incredible! ?I had another dizzy spell during the Run. Still freezing, but I wasn't wearing sweats so people could see my leg. I'd run just over twenty-eight miles."

May 29: 1,865 km
Highway 2, west of Moncton, NB
"We learned that Saint John would have nothing organized for us. I try so hard and then get let down. I am going to run right down this city's main street. Doug is going to follow behind and honk. We will be rebels, we will stir up noise. People will know Terry Fox ran out of his way to Saint John for a reason!'

June 6: 2,214 km
Bristol, NB
"The first few miles were the usual torture. My foot was blistered bad, but my stump wasn't too bad. Today I had tremendous support. Everybody honked and waved. People all over looked out of their homes and stores and cheered me on."

June 7: 2,256 km
Perth-Andover, NB
"...in the town there was tremendous support and it quickened my pace up for the remaining fourteen miles. I flew!"

June 11: 2,426 km
Highway 185, QC
"The wind howled again all day. Right in my face. It was very difficult constantly running into the wind. It zaps it right out of your body and head. The only people here who know about the Run are the truckers and the out-of-province people. Everyone else wants to stop and give me a lift."

2,592 km
Highway 20, QC
"I am tired and weary because people are continually forcing me off the road. I was actually honked off once. People are passing from behind me on this narrow road. It is so frustrating."

June 15: 2,663 km
Quebec City, QC
Terry is is featured on the front page of the French language daily Le Soleil.

June 23: 2,917 km
Montreal, QC
Terry ran into Montreal with Montreal Alouette kicker Don Sweet and four wheelchair athletes.

June 28: 3,030 km
Hawkesbury, ON
Terry was welcomed to Ontario by a crowd of 200, a band playing and thousands of balloons, which read: WELCOME TERRY. YOU CAN DO IT.

Just outside of Ottawa,
ON: 3,113 km
"...everybody seems to have given up hope of trying. I haven't. It isn't easy and it isn't supposed to be, but I'm accomplishing something. How many people give up a lot to do something good? I'm sure we would have found a cure for cancer twenty years ago if we had really tried."

July 1: 3,123 km
Ottawa, ON
Terry kicked the opening ball of a CFL exhibition game between Ottawa and Saskatchewan. He received a standing ovation from a crowd of over 16,000 as he kicked the ball with his good leg.

Millwood, ON
Terry collapsed in the van from exhaustion - his face brilliant, his breath laboured, his eyes closed as if blocking out the light and the pain with a wrinkled $100 bill, damp from perspiration, clasped tightly in his hands.

July 9: 3,488 km
Pickering, ON
John and Edna Neale waited hours for Terry to pass by. When they finally saw him, they said, "He was just what was needed to give us a little pride in our own people, the same kind Americans have in abundance."

July 10: 3,508 km
Scarborough Civic Centre, ON
Terry told several thousand people that his fame was not meant to be of the Run, he wasn't interested in wealth or notoriety, and that he was just a guy running across the country to collect money for cancer research. He also said that the Marathon had to continue even without him.

July 11: 3,523 km
Toronto, ON
Terry meets his hockey idol Darryl Sittler who gave Terry his 1980 NHL all-star team sweater. Darryl said, "I've been around athletes a long time and I've never seen any with his courage and stamina." One on-looker commented, "He makes you believe in the human race again."

July 14: 3,622 km
Hamilton, ON
Terry was mobbed by teenagers and women after he spoke at the Royal Botanical Gardens and raised $4,500. As well, 1960 Canadian Marathon Champion, Gord Dickson, gave Terry his gold medal, saying, "The young fellow was running the greatest race of all."

July 28: 4,153 km
Gravenhurst, ON
Terry celebrated his 22nd birthday along with 2,000 other people at the Gravenhurst Civic Centre. One of his gifts was a new artificial limb. The community of 8,000 people raised $14,000.

August 4: 4,430 km
Sudbury, ON
Terry reaches his halfway point, although for the next 400 miles the people living on the route call their own homes the halfway point. It is discovered that the odometer had a 4% error, and Terry had actually Run an additional 65 miles!

August 12: 4,675 km
Sault Ste Marie, ON
When a Sault Ste. Marie radio station broadcast that a spring had snapped in Terry's artificial limb, a welder jumped in his car to make a road call. In 90 minutes, the spring was repaired and Terry was on the road again.

August 18: 4,901 km
Wawa, ON
The Montreal River Hill, just south of Wawa, is 3 km long. Those who knew it were making the analogy of the hill being Goliath and Terry being David. Terry's t-shirt that day read: Montreal River Here I Come, with I've Got You Beat on the back!

August 27: 5,153 km
Terrace Bay, ON
Terry meets up with 10-year old Greg Scott of Welland, who had also lost his leg to bone cancer. "Greg rode his bike behind me for about six miles and it has to be the most inspirational moment I have had! At night we had a beautiful reception in Terrace Bay. I spoke about Greg and couldn't hold back the emotion."

Sept 1: 5,373 km
Thunder Bay, ON
"People were still lining the road saying to me, "Keep going, don't give up, you can do it, you can make it, we're all behind you." Well, you don't hear that and have it go in one ear and out the other, for me anyway?There was a camera crew waiting at the three-quarter mile point to film me. I don't think they even realized that they filmed my last mile?people were still saying, 'You can make it all the way, Terry'. I started to think about those comments in that mile, too. Yeah, I thought, this might be my last one."

Thunder Bay, ON - Press Conference
"That's the thing about cancer. I'm not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I'm not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It'll inspire more people?I just wish people would realize that anything's possible if you try. When I started this Run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we'd have $22 million for cancer research, and I don't care, man, there's no reason that isn't possible. No reason."

He ran 5,373 kilometres in 143 days.

The hero-Terry Fox

Terry Fox

Cemetery Records

President Stevenson and Betty Fox at Terry Fox statue unveiling at SFU in September 2001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgTlCTluPA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8k8hpyp_A

These two websites are the videos about Terry Fox

About Terry Fox

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977.

After undergoing chemotherapy and seeing other people, particularly children, suffering with cancer, Terry decided that he wanted to make a difference in the world, he wanted to do something to help cure this dreadful disease.

He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope. Terry began his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980 in St. John's Newfoundland. When he was forced by a recurrence of cancer to stop his cross-Canada run at Thunder Bay, Ontario, on September 1, 1980, he had completed a total of 5,373 km over 143 days, the equivalent of a marathon every day. After a courageous battle with cancer he passed away in June 1981.

Few people are aware of the physical enormity of what Terry did in his Marathon of Hope run across Canada. He ran 26 miles per day, 7 days per week. Imagine how sore your legs would be if you walked 26 miles day after day on pavement. Imagine how much sorer your legs would be if you ran 26 miles day after day. Few people could stand up to such punishment. Then try to imagine how incredibly difficult and painful it would be to run 26 miles per day with an artificial limb. It is almost beyond comprehension.

To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.

The information is from:

http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/about%20terry%20fox/default.asp?s=1

I was moved by the behaviour of Terry Fox.When he was walking with his lamed legs,my heart was painful. As if not only him but also me was tortured by the cancer. Strong will was shown on his face that made everyone who saw the video would cry.It was a journey that not only Canadians themselves but also the people in the whole world will never forget. His courage, determination, humanitarianism, and selflessness have been an inspiration to millions of people.

Nowadays ,we still have Terry Fox Run in order to memorize him.But our journey is a lot easier than Terry Fox.We are healthy and the run is not that long.However,compare with Terry Fox ,we don't have the strong will as him.We are more often to say give up and do not have the determination to carry on hardwork.We need his spirit-courage, determination, humanitarianism, and selflessness .

Terry Fox is a hero.A different hero from the soldiers who sacrifice themselves on the battlefield.He is a hero not only on his courage but also on his wills.To be a success person, we need such kind of will to achieve our goals!!

Just a free write

These days, I hestitated about my course changing. I wanted to learn History12 but it took me a long time to read the textbook that I had little time to enjoy my novels. History 12 also need us to think critically. On the other hand,Georgraphy 12 is also attractive. Finally, today, I make the decision.I dropped History12 and got ready to accept the challenge course Geography.

I felt angry about one thing. That is the wireless net. the school need us to pay 600 RMB/half a year to search on the internet.But we cannot download anything!!It is so unfair!!

At the end of this weekend.It is the traditional festival- The Moon Festival,I can not wait for that. I love eating mooncakes!!!

That is all what I want to say today.

My grade12 teachers

The first school week finished. I felt quite tired about it . Now ,I'm glad to talk about the teachers who teach me in Grade 12.

First. I'd like to talk about Mr.Engleson,my English 12 teacher. why I want to talk about him first? Because he gave me the deepest impression.And this blog was asked to apply by him. He is really a big man,Very serious. I think most of my classmates are nervous at first. When he asked us questions, we always keep quiet because we really felt nervous to answer his questions.

His round blue eyes are quite deep and sharp when he looked around scanning us. In the first class,he talked about the marks in English12.The marks were very very low ,around 50%.we all felt done. After the first meet with him,majority of us wanted to drop this class.We felt a lot of pressure and we were all nervous in this class. But after 3 classes,I have to say that I began to like him.Even though sometimes he treated us very differently( He hit my head many times with no reason by a coil of paper and drag my plait suddenly,I really felt confused!! ) ,we found him quite a good English teacher who was very creative and thoughtful. He gave us an interesting activity which practise our descriptive writing. I love this activity very much. After class I asked some of my classmates. They all started to like him. Maybe he is really a special teacher in our school!! Maybe after we get touch with him for a long time,we will be prudent to leave him.

The second teacher I 'd like to talk about is NG. He is really a small PE teacher compared with other PE teachers.This Thursday ,we had a beach jogging in the afternoon about 2 pm. It was really hot ,we all ran very hard,I even didn't stop. NG ran with us (even though he said he doesn't like running, he still insist to have a beach jogging) .I think he is an interesting teacher. Unfortunately,there are only 6 girls in my PE class, the rest are all boys.The ratio is very imbalance. So we have to compete with boys!! Because of Thursday's beach jogging,my legs are now still painful.

My biology teacher is Mr Neuyen,I think he looks like NG,he is also small.He is from Vetnem.

I think he is really a good teacher with a lot of patience. He is always willing to answer questions. When we made some mistakes , he didn't get angry but said somthing to comfort and encourage us.

My History teacher is Mr.wong. Before he taught me, many students said he was a great teacher with great amount of knowledge,nearly omniscient. I admire him a lot. even though History is a difficult course, I think if I follow him and listen to him carefully in the class, I might be good on history12.The other reason I chose the course is that I want to improve my essay writing. There are alot of writing and reading homework in history12,I think maybe during this course ,I may make great improvement in history class.(I now dropped this course and learn Geography)

My math teacher is Mr.Prior.He is really very funny .He is bald but looks very intelligient.he always tells jokes through questions and uses a lot of onomatopieoa.I always laughed in his class.I didn't feel nervous but relaxed.I think I can do well in Math12.

My calculus teacher is Mr. Amin,he is good at dancing and PE as well.I really don't know why he teaches calculus. He is really a patient teacher.this Friday in the Calculus class,we nearly had a PE class. He took us out and test our 100m run.Also he let us count the number of our heart beat after the run.I 'm proud to say that I ran the fastest with a Korean girl among the girls in the calculus class.I only spend 15 seconds in the 100m run and my heart only beat 19 times in 10 second.

I also want to introduce three Chinese teachers who teach me Mandarin ,Chinese Political Science and Humanities.

Cheng Sheng,my Mandarin teacher,he is really talktive.He likes to appreciate students and talks about the life around us. I learned a lot from him.

Xie Ya mei,my Chinese Political Science teacher,she likes to reveal the reality of the world .I enjoyed her talking.It is very vivid.

Ren Xin ming,my Humanities teacher,she likes to let us prpare speeches.And the topic is what is Humanities.In this class, I learned how to be a person who is elegent and cultivated.I enjoyed this class a lot.

These are all my grade12 teachers.In this year , I will follow them to achieve my goal to my dreaming university.

Wish me good luck in Grade12!!

my third school day

Today is the third day of my Grade12.

Running from class to class made me feel exhausted and tired.

But I still felt happy because I knew a lot of new friends, teachers and classmates.

Wish me good luck!!