Thank you, Dad

     My father is forty three years old. He is a businessman right now, but he was a soldier when he was young. He is a serious man, he seldom laughs at something. I think it is because of his job. He is easily distracted; he usually forgets to bring home some important things. I think it is because he needs to remember too many things.    I really need to thank him because he taught me a lot of things what I cannot learn in school, for example, how to trust a person, how calm down when I get angry, and how to study.

     When I was eleven years old, I did not want to trust anyone except my parents. I did not trust my friends; in truth I did not have any friends at that time. I still do not know why I was like that at that time. When my father discovered my problem, he felt very strange yet and found a way to help me. He started to not believe in me, nor did he trust everything I said. I learned through pretend this lesson if I trust no one, I would miss out. Then, I started to change myself.

     Last year, I am easily angered, I do not why, but I could not control myself. When I was angry, I would throw things at the wall. If someone pushed me very hard, I would fight with him for sure. My father noticed this, and again taught me by to be mean to me every day. At first I felt very strange; I did not know why he was like that. Then I realized I was that way to everyone.

    When I was eight years old, I did not know how to study, I only knew how to write, write, and write. So, I learned very slowly. Then my father discovered that, and taught me a lot of good ways to study. I am very happy to learn some different ways of studying from him.

     A lot of people taught me something what are really important, I also want to thank them. However, my father taught me most of the things, so thank you, dad.

Camping Exprience

    Have you ever had an unforgettable experience? I think everyone has. I have. I went on a camping trip with all of the 8^th graders from my school. That was a great trip. We had a lot of fun. This is the first time I went on a camping trip with my schoolmates. I did not know a lot of things about camping. I think the camping trip is not just a chance to have fun, because I learned a lot of things from the camping trip. For example, I learned how to set up a tent, how to hike correctly and how to make an ant catcher.

    
     When we arrived there, we needed to set up our tent. However I knew nothing about that. I did not know how to strike the nails for the ground pad. I did not know how to use the stick which should be the tent’s strut. The classmates who slept in the same tent with me were Gene and Victor, so Victor taught me everything about the tent. I think that will be useful for me. When we set our tent, we discovered there were a lot of ants around our tent. Victor Gong said he wanted to make an ants catcher for us, he thinks that will be useful. Then I saw he make a cave first then put some cookies and water in the cave. That is very easy to make, but I think that is really useful.  

I went to many camping trips for take photograph of nature with my photography teammates. However, we have some Jeep cars, so we slept in car. So, I think the skills are new and useful experiences for me.

     There were two rainy day when during our camping trip. The first rain let a lot of tent got wed, so some students slept in the restroom. When the first time I heart that, I think that’s funny. However, later I think that is a very good idea, restroom was very warm, and it was very clean. So, after the thing, I think sometimes we should change our mind a little bit, we may choose a different way. Maybe that’s batter and more useful!

     We hiked beside a river. The small road was very difficult to walk. I did not bring a pair hiking shoes. I just wearied my basketball shoes for hiking, so I always slipped. Mrs. Vail told me that if I tie some rind of tree under my shoes they will get batter. Then I tried it, it was really useful. I am very happy to learn the smart skill. However I still do not know why it worked. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and I learned a lot of skills from the camping. I will remember it forever.

My most embarrassed moment

     I think my most embarrassed moment happened when I studied in Singapore. I was not border but I rented a house with three of my friends. I have a chum who was very smart, so he never works hard. However, he always could get high marks in the test. His English name is Bartholomew.

     One day, I was going to the library to study be myself in my free time because of the test. When I got there, I saw there was a boy who looked like Bartholomew. I felt very strange because he never came to library. The man was looking for a book, so I went to kick him. I think it was hurt, but we were sworn friends. That was how did we say hi to each other. I said to the man, “ Are you serious? You are in library!” However, when the man turned back, I was very scared, I discovered he was not Bartholomew! I was so embarrassed. I think he was also very scared, he did not say anything.

      Three seconds later, I said that I am so sorry, I thought you are my friends, are you okay? I am so sorry about that. However he still did not say anything, he still stood there. At that time, I had no idea about what should I say or what should I do, so I ran away. He still did not know what happened just now. I think this is my most embarrassed moment in my life.

Mo Mother

    My mother’s name is Shen Qin, she never had an English name. However she has a pen name which is Jin Er, because she is a writer. She is forty-three-years- old, but a lot of people say she looks very young, and she always is happy with it. She has a brother and a sister; both of them are older than my mother. Her father was a soldier, and he was very famous in the armed forces because he killed one hundred and sixty-five Japanese soldiers in the battlefield during the Second World War.
 
    She was the student leader from 6^th grade to 12^th grade. She was a very good student.  Her major in college was Thermal Energy and Power Engineering. The major was very unpopular. So she changed her major to accounting. She joined a big company to be an accountant. Two years later, she got married to my father. Then my father started to set up his own business, so my mother went to his company to be an accountant. She told me that she was very happy at that time.

     Five years later, I was born. So she turned into a house wife. However, she is not a competent house wife. She still does some work for the company. She said that she likes to work. She thinks stay in home is very boring. When I was twelve years old, I went to Singapore. I lived in there by myself. She can drive very well and she likes to drive a car very fast. Her favorite food is chocolate. She will not be fitter even she eats a lot of food. I think it is pretty amazing. Her hobby is knitting, and she can knit a lot of things. For example shoes, shirts, socks and something like that.

     She was a gymnast when she was twelve years old. She told me that she was very good on it. She is pretty good on cook. She also likes to cook some strange food. We always kidding her. We said that we will hide the detergent when she was cook, or she will let us try how is detergent. I think she is an imaginative person because she always has a lot of strange and fancy idea. Sometimes she always can get some new idea for our company. My father said that that is very helpful. This is my mother, I think so.

All About Me

     My name is Chen Xiao Zhuo, I have an English name which is Marc. I have an Ice Land name, it is Gustave. I learned Ice Land language in Singapore. My friends always call me Bandit City, but I do not know the reason. I am a Chinese. I am fourteen years old, but my friends and classmates said that I look like nineteen years old. There a four people in my family, they are my mother, my father, my cousin and me. Both of my cousin’s parents are the special soldiers, so he always lived in my home. My father is a business man, and my mother is a house wife. If I go back to China, I will stay in Hai Nan. However we also have some houses in Shang Hai, Bei Jin and some cities, so I can stay in a lot of cities in China.

     I studied in an international school in Singapore, so I leaned Ice Land language and Malay. I always live by myself, so I can cook, I can wash my clothes I can do a lot of things by myself. It is because my father is very busy and my mother need to help him. My friends said I looked very mature. I think it was because I like old songs, old movies, old things and I know nothing about fashion. My favorite fruit is mangosteen, and I like to eat fruit. I like every kind of fruit. My favorite color is blue. A lot of people thought I am from Korea. I think maybe it was because of my hair style. Our family has a strange rule which is we cannot make friends with Mongolian. I do not know why, but I must follow it because it is rule.

     If you know me, you will discover I have a custom which is I like to bring my camera bag to every place I go. I am a cameraman. I have three cameras and thirty-three lens. Maybe you will think I am crazy, but my father is crazier than me. He has five cameras and sixty lens even he does not have a lot of time to play with them. I was a picture reporter in Singapore, and if I take good pictures, I can sell them to magazine. My favorite sport is basketball. I was the leader of our school basketball team in Singapore. I was the best player in Singaporean teenager basketball league matches. I also can play table tennis. However I am not very good on it. I don’t like to swim because I afraid water, and it is a kind of mental illness.

     I have three dogs, their varieties are Tibetan Mastiff. Somebody said that they are a kind of wolf. I like them. I joined in a soldiers training camp. I learned the basic battlefield survival skills, gun-use methods and the basic unarmed combat. I can drive but I do not have the driving license, so I am waiting for sixteen years old. I like to cook some strange food. I have the depth myopia because I hurt my eye when I played a basketball match. I do not like to play video games because I think that is very boring. I do not think waste time on the video games in a good hobby.

     My ambition is become a successful businessmen. I hope I can get up on the Forbes ranking list. I want to go to the Sloan School of business which is the business college of MIT. I will try my best for my dream. I want to work in America after I graduate from the college. Then, I want to go back to China and set up my own company, my own business. My final target is I can retire when I am fifteen years old, and I want to travel around the world. This is the real me.