Saturday, September 6, 2014

Extreme Sports

   Extreme sports are the activities involve speed, high level of physical exertion that usually included a high risk of serious injury, so only courageous people can participate in these extreme sports. But nowadays many people are willing to take these risks, trying new sports in place of playing tennis, golf, swimming 🏊 or running.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Games
   Since extreme sports are become popular, X-Game – an annual tournament focus on extreme sports like skateboard or freestyle motocross are held.  Contestants are given scores by playing tricks, they often play difficult tricks to have a higher score. Participants can learn from each other by competing in the competition, creating new tricks inspired by the other participants.
   Mountain biking, skydiving, surfing and paragliding are the examples of extreme sports. And skateboarding is the only extreme sport that I ever played, it also is my favourite extreme sport.

Hang Gliding
http://www.wisconsintrails.com/outdoors/Hang-gliding-in-Wisconsin-203649671.html
   I have an experience in playing skateboard for one year, since I haven’t have enough time to practice my skill on skateboarding, I cannot do any tricks with my skateboard but skate on a flat land. To learn a trick of skateboarding is very hard as the skateboarder should devote time and effort, practicing the same action on the skateboard that makes the skateboarder becoming bored. Though practicing tricks may feel frustrated, after known how to play tricks is makes the skateboarder feel very delighted.
   Instead of skateboarding, I wished I can try my hand at skydiving and hang gliding. I have never glided at the sky and I wanted to experience the feeling, flying as a bird.


Skydiving
http://www.travelamalfi.com/tours/1764-1764?lang=en

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Lovely weekend in Cheung Chau

   Cheung Chau, a dumbbell-shaped island, which have became the one of the must go place in Hong Kong in the decade years. It is famous of beaches like Tung Wan Beach; foods such as ‘Big fish ball’, seafood, traditional pastries ‘guo’   (粿) or ‘tornado potato’. Cheung Chau also has a long history that attract tourists to go there. In 19th-century, a cave in Cheung Chau was a hiding place of a pirate called Cheung Po Tsai, this historical story makes people want to find out the background of a pirate.

   This little island can attracted visitors from the nearest citizens in Hong Kong to the furthest tourists from all over the world. So that’s why I have also fascinated by this beautiful island.
A huge crowd of people in Cheung Chau
   Last Sunday, I had gone to Cheung Chau with my friends. I’m very thankful for the good weather, it was a sunny day with some gentle wind. We reached Cheung Chau at about 12:30pm and we were so hungry that we were searching for a restaurant. We ate lunches that could fulfil our stomachs and keep moving on.
BIG FISH BALL :P YUM YUM

   Although we had had our lunch, we still couldn’t tolerate the smell of the famous snacks of Cheung Chau. So we went to a delicatessen that sells famous ‘Big fish ball’ and other tasty snacks. The ‘BIG FISH BALL’ was the double size of a normal fish ball, it is delicious and the fish ball was al dente that made me lingering after-taste.

   We had eaten lots of yummy stalls’ foods before going the next station, a beach where is full of sunshine - Tung Wan Beach. The beach was full of people who were enjoying their sunbaths, playing sands and swimming.
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach
   While people were enjoying their time, one of my friends and I went along the road beside the beach and found another beach called Kwun Yam Beach. We have a little rest sitting on the sand and turn towards to the mountain of Cheung Chau. Both of us wish to go hiking, and this time we might satisfied our wishes. We walked for about 30 minute and turned back to our friends.
Cheung Chau Kwun Yam Beach
Sunset in Cheung Chau

   We bought some souvenirs for us and our families and we left Cheung Chau at a peaceful time that sun was gradually disappeared. We had a cheerful and delighted day in Cheung Chau, and our weight might increased as we ate lots of snacks from those snacks stalls, but I so sure that I would properly eat these tasty foods though my weight will increase.

Monday, August 11, 2014

A chemical product in daily lives - Toothpaste

In our daily lives, we always use many products made from chemicals such as hand cream, cleaning products, shampoo, plastic items etc. Toothpastes, which we often use in brushing teeth in the morning and the night, are also made by chemicals.

All Smile :)
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/feed/march-2012/30/toothpaste-calligraphy
The early toothpastes are made of crushed bones and oyster shells by the Greeks. These toothpastes keep the teeth clean when rubbing off the bacteria of the teeth. Nowadays toothpastes are shaped like gel, it is one of the most important daily supplies, keeping our teeth in a healthy, good-looking condition. Though we always use toothpaste in our daily lives, do we even know the secret of the toothpaste? Thus we should find out the hidden knowledge of toothpaste.
The early toothpaste recipe
http://spydersden.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/first-toothpaste.jpg

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/squares-on-tube-hoax.shtml
The secret message is hiding on the bottom of the toothpaste. We often see a colour code on the toothpaste but we do not understand what is the hidden message that the company wanted to bring out. Those colour codes can display whether the toothpaste is made of chemical or natural. Green code means the toothpaste is made of natural ingredients, red is made of natural and chemical ingredients, blue is made of natural with medical care, and finally using pure chemical ingredients is the colour of black. So you should notice the colour code of your toothpaste after you have read this passage.


Toothpaste not only helps to keep our teeth healthy, shine and bright, but also has many purposes instead of maintain the health of the teeth. Toothpaste can act as jewellery cleaner. If your slivery jewellery is covered by a rust layer, using toothpaste can get rid of the rust-looking layer as rust layer will react with toothpaste and the jewellery will sparkle again.

http://coachrickswimming.wordpress
.com/2014/04/06/more-than-you-
want-to-know-about-swim-goggles/
Another usage of toothpaste is to prevent fogging on the surface of the swimming goggles. Swimming goggles usually fogged while we are swimming as the humidity and temperature of swimmers are high. Although some products are claimed that they can defogged from swimming goggles, it is too expensive to purchase these defogger gel. Toothpastes are common and they are similar to defogger gel, we can use toothpastes to replace those costly defogger gels.

 
Toothpaste is a wonderful invention with a load of benefits, I am thankful to the inventor and those improvers who put lots of time on toothpaste. Inventing things are complicated, time-consuming and costly, but items that have invented may help our life become more comfortable and convenient, so we should respected them.

http://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/toothbrush-mistakes-can-damage-enamel

Monday, August 4, 2014

My favourite dogs🐾


   ‘A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.’ ‘A dog is man’s best friend.’ These quotes supported that dogs are honest and loyal to its owner. Human loves dogs and so do I. Here are some kinds of dogs that people think they are adorable, such as Golden Retriever, Schnauzer, Poodle etc. And Shiba Inu is one of my favourite dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu#
mediaviewer/File:Shiba_inu_taiki.jpg

   Every time when I finished my tutorial in school, a dog of Shiba Inu sitting on a bench nearby my school with its owner. When I first met the cute Shiba Inu, its fox-like face and its creamy duff fur captured my attention, he then gave me a lovely smile. Its sweet smile makes me cannot rip the scene off.

   Since I met this lovely dog, I have a strong desired to pat the dog as he looked soft. I did not have the courage to pet the dog until the last day of the tutorial, also the last day of meeting the dog. I asked the owner of the dog bravery and gently patted him. His fur isn’t so soft as I thought but his coat is very beautiful.

Shiba Inu is originate in Japan, which have red, sesame, black and tan in colour. Usually shiba inu is in red colour with a curled tail. Shiba Inu have the characteristic of artlessness, good nature and spirited boldness, so it is loyal to its owner.

A Shiba Inu resting at the entrance of the house
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiba_Inu#mediaviewer/File:Shiba_inu_at_the_entrance_of_a_house,_-Japan_2010_a.jpg


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   Instead of Shiba Inu, I also love Golden Retriever. They are obedient to their owner, also friendly and smart. Its origin in Scotland, a large-sixed dog which tall about 55-61cm, with gold or cream colour on its fur. They are so active that their owner should give them a space to run.
  
   Golden Retrievers are trainable that they are usually used to do important missions like guide dogs for blind people, rescuing survivors from natural disasters. They are useful to human and they can people using their intelligence and ability.
http://masspictures.net/golden-retriever/

   They are useful to human and they can people using their intelligence and ability. Golden Retrievers are trainable that they are usually used to do important missions like guide dogs for blind people, rescuing survivors from natural disasters.

   Though dogs are cute, keeping a dog is hard as you should take a good care of it, so we should think twice before we have our decision of keeping a dog as a pet.


 

Saturday, July 19, 2014

A famous YouTuber-PewDiePie

   As many mainstream words are appeared in the dictionary such as 'selfie', the word 'YouTuber' is also pop up into the urban words. The meaning of 'YouTuber" is someone who uploads video to YouTube or watching YouTube video.

Pic is From http://gamespace.gr/2014/06/16/%CE%BF-%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-pewdiepie/
    Felix Arvid Ulf  Kjellberg or better known as 'PewDiePie' online, is a typical world-known example of a 'YouTuber'.
   PewDiePie is a Swedish living now in England. He records himself while playing games and uploading his video in YouTube thgough which he gains some money by way of the increasing hitting rate of his video and the viewing of the advertisements attached to his sites.


The logo of the 'Bro Army'.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie
  PewDiePie is a successful YouTuber as he has a great number of subscribers of YouTube,  about 28,000,000 people from all over the world. PewDiePie called his subscribers 'bro', and his huge group of subscribers is called 'bro army'.
  
   At first, I did not keep my eyes peel on PewDiePie, he seems not too attractive to me. But when I started to watch some horror playthrough in YouTube, PewDiePie look very interesting to me as he was very lively and cheery.

He was acting 'Fabulous' in humor!
http://pewdiepie.wikia.com/wiki/PewDiePie?file=Do_you_see_this..png
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/the-slender-man/images/
33823342/title/pewds-cry-play-slender-fanart
    He plays a load of games with different types such as horror series - 'Amnesia' (It is a first person survival horror game with many series, the theme of the game is about the main character, who forget all the memory about himself,  is trying to accomplish his mission by killing the boss of the game. The frightening scenes of the game is while you are playing the game concentrated, something will sudden popping up of something and scared the player.) Another game that many people may know is 'Slenderman'.
 
 
   Apart from horror series, he also uploaded  video blogs like 'Friday with PewDiePie'. Obviously, my favourite walkthrough is 'Outlast' (It's also a horror game setting up in a dilapidated psychiatric hospital with lots of homicidal patients, player should escape from the patients without any weapons.) The challenges and the horrifying elements are what attract me to follow PewDiePie's video.

   Besides uploading video, PewDiePie donates money to the charity fundraising. He started a 'Water Campaign' charity with great generosity, hoping his fans to donate money. Lastly,  he raised $446,462 and helped lots of people who lives in an unhygienic living conditions. This action showing his kindness to the needy, as well as to draw audiences' attention to the serious problem of the Third World such as lack of  knowledge, unsafe water, wars, unhygienic living conditions etc. His love and concern for these needy people has set an example for us, who should also contribute the best we can to make the Earth a more desirable and congenial place for every resident of the plant.

Fan art by smudgeandfrank
http://fanart.pewdiepie.net/showthread.php?55-Pewdiepie-Fanart-lt-3

   After you have read my blog, if you are interested in PewDiePie's video, please check out at this link : http://www.pewdiepie.net/
http://pewdie.tumblr.com/