SUE VC by Mars and Irose

     We looked forward to the video conference in the afternoon. In the morning, we were waiting for it and preparing the cardboards with Turkish on them, so time passed very fast.

     When the video conference began, we all stared at the monitor. When we heard Cindia’s voice, we got very excited.The schools from many different countries introduced the school games that we had never konwn before. We were especially impressed with the Tajikistan's School game and Izmir's dodgeball.

     In addition, everyone`s performances were so stunning that we were even either singing or dancing with them in the video conference. We also saw Kay`s photos taken during her trip in Turkey on the slides. We were happy that she had a great time abroad.

      We prepared for the video conference for a long time and practiced again and again. I think we made some progress and that watching the other international students' live reports is also a very worthwhile experience. The participants from different countries may not use the same language and we have different faces, but all of us wore smiles on our faces.

     Smile is reallyan international common language and doing the international communication certainly makes us learn a lot. Finally, I hope we can meet each other in the video conference soon, and I believe that next time we can do better in the video conference and on our report as well.

by Mars and Irose

2011,03,01

January 29th, 2011 NDYS VC By Wendy

     We had a NDYS video conference on January 26^th, 2011. We gathered at Monica’s home in early morning. We were excited and looked forward to this day coming. We wanted the conference to be perfect and prepared the computers and the props in advance.

Please notice Scott’s foot.

Irose cut the name tag.

     The students in Japan used Japanese to present their solution for dangerous places and showed their wonderful Safety Map. They were also considerate. They typed the presentation in English for us because we didn’t understand Japanese. 

We listened seriously.



They explained for us.

We responded to them and asked questions.

     Scott was responsible for taking pictures and used his body language to communicate with them, making us laugh. He is a great member and he gives us a big hand.

The photographer

The screenshot of the video conference.

Scott wrote something to the Japanese students and Yoshie.

We worked hard.

     And then the friends from Russia joined the Video Conference. Scott used Russian to say hello! They were so surprised about our Russian greetings. They were curious about whether Scott could see anything.

 



The greetings from Taiwan to Russia.

Scott took off his glasses.

The greeting to Japan.

     



The landslide impressed me. The difference of the landslides between Taiwan and Japan is that the landslide in Japan goes slowly and the Japanese are worried about the condition of the land after the landslides. When their presentation was end, they said hello to me and asked us what “i-chi-ban” meant. It was surprising and touching to me. The conference was about to end, but our teachers, Kay and Cindea, who were in Turkey, hadn’t shown up. We were so disappointed.

They said hi to me.

They asked us questions.

After we said good bye to Yoshie, our teachers joined the meeting. We were too excited to say anything. We missed her so much that we showed the posters of her pictures in the video conference.

We said good to Yoshie

We wrote down Kay’s name.

To our joy, Kay looked healthy and well. What’s more, we were thrilled to see Huri and Cindea! We had a Chinese and Turkish course online. We had a good time with Esra and her brother.

We talked to Huri.

Our healthy teacher, Kay.

The energetic teacher, Cindea.

The beautiful girl, Esra

My Feedback

     When the Japanese students presented the safety map, they not only used the Japanese but also translated their presentation into English in the process of conference. However, my teammates and I had difficulty understanding everything. Because of it, I think that we have to do more practice of listening. And it seemed that the Japanese team had assigned a student to be responsible for typing and translating for us. If I were them, I could not have done so well. I hope I can explain and present our safety map more fluently next time.



     When Huri joined the conference, she seemed so excited that she talked with us happily. The friends from Turkiye also talked to us in English fluently. In contrast, we were too shy to say many words. We even could not fully understand some sentences Huri said and those from the friends in Japan. In the English class, in order to make us practice English listening, our teacher always speaks English slowly. However, the speed of the speech in the conference was totally different. I didn’t get used to the speed of the speech. Maybe we have to talk in English more often and listen to what the teacher says in English more carefully.



     Next time, I hope I can be more active in the conference and talk more. Despite fact that I may not say every sentence in English correctly, but the most important thing is that we have to communicate with all the other participants. I do not want to just lift up the name tag and the signs written in the English words in the video conference. Lastly, I would like to thank Monica’s parents for providing the space for all of the NDYS members of KIHS to have the online video conference.

BY Wendy

▲Monica’s parents

▲our members



Valentine's Day by Scott

Today was Valentine’s Day. Everyone wanted to send bouquet to our beautiful teacher. Who will be the winner?

Oh! Scott won the flowers and Kay was eager to get this gift. She enjoyed watching the competition.

Kay was so joyful, but the other boys were upset.

To everyone’s surprise, Mavis is jealous of Kay and she snatched her bouquet away.

Did she love Scott?

To be continued…… 

New Clothes

Today I tell  Mavis I want a new clothes. Because I want to become more lovely. But Mavis tell me she can't buy me a new one in clothes store. And I feel so upset. But Mavis give me a surprise at night. She say although she can't buy me a new one but she can make it for me.Then, I'm so happy. Do you see my new clothes? Do you like it? I love it so much. And I can't wait to show you my new clothes.

 

 

By Asalak
             (Mavis)

Three places in Kaoshiung

This week I almost stay with Mavis. She take me to some place. And each place is good. First , We had dinner at a nice air restaurant,Lado. This restaurant is western cuisine. Like steak,pork,chicken....etc. There drink is free. So I drink 3~4 glasses of milk tea. As you can see how delicious it is. After the dinner we stay in the restaurant. Mavis say she want to study in a while.

Second, Kay's students and I go to see their lantern festival in Kaohsiung. That day the sky is so beautifull. And there are street pedlars and show. We had a glad time that night.

Third, Mavis take me to NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM . She say there is about their majors. And there are so many machine. I try to use and know how it's elements.

Before go to NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM. We eat breakfast. They are use to read newspapers during the breakfast time in breakfast store.


By Asalak
          (Mavis)

Celebration For Teacher's Birthday!

(In the picture is their homeroom teacher.)

Today is their homeroom teacher's birthday celebration. Her birthday is on February 28 th. That day is special because the day is their National Holidays. So they decide to celebrate her birthday before. They buy present, write cards and record video. And fortunately, it's success about our plan for give their teacher a surprise. They play fun and I'm happy too. Though their teacher have a great time during the party. But she still no tears, let them a little depression. Anyway, the most important of all is their teacher feel moving.

After party, their teacher play some good video to them. It's about some inspirational video. And I learn a lot from them. What a wonderful day!

(I'm watch the video.Do you see me?)

 Oh, I forget to say the bear next to me is Çağla. She is from Turkey.

Finally, they wanto know how you celebrate your teacher's birthday?



By Asalak.

                (Mavis)

Taiwan Local Food

Today, Irose and Mars took me to the nightmarket.Mars told me the nightmarket was the biggest feature of Taiwan. In the nightmarket, I saw the vendors sell less-expensive products, traditional goods and many kind of Taiwanese local snack. The foods looked so delicious that I wanted to eat it all but I couldn’t, so I just tasted some.

First, we had Stinky tofu. Irose said that it was a form of fermented tofu and had a strong odor and that its shape was square. It was put into a pan, dipped with the fermenting bean curd, and fried. Finally, the vendor would put some pickle on it. I found it very delicious.

Than I felt thirsty, so we went to the tea shop to buy some drinks. I ordered the Tapioca milk tea. I knew that it was the most famous beverages in Taiwan and I’d love it. Tapioca milk Tea originated from Taiwan. It was made of little tapioca balls that were boiled in black sugar and dropped in the milk tea. It tasted great no matter it was made cold or hot.

It was pretty late. We had to go home, but I still felt a little hungry. They took me to try the final local snack “Oyster omelet”. Mars said that it was his favorite food. Then he introduced the Oyster omelet to me. He said that the dish was made of an omelet with some small oysters and vegetables in it. It was very nutritious. Because time passed so fast, we had to go home. I was glad to walk around the nightmarket and eat many special local foods with Irose and Mars. It was a nice memory. Hope I can go to the nightmarket again..

Best wish

By Irose and Mars