I am from the water,
From the TV and the lights.
I am from a cozy couch.
I am from the tomatoes in the backyard
The giant fern
whose long gone leafs
as if they were my own.
I’m from traveling to China and working hard,
from my mom and Michael.
I’m from hiking and speaking Chinese,
and from exercising daily.
I’m from “don’t cuss” and study hard
and the “ABC’s”.
I’m from eating mooncakes on the Mid Autumn Festival.
I’m from New York and China.
From Michael getting stuck on the ski slope,
that I also had trouble with.
A 2000 piece puzzle
on the wall.
Month: November 2013
District Auditions
District band auditions is simply an audition to get into the Region Band. The first round was on Saturday, November 9 at West Ridge. There was definitely an air of nervousness in the room of 44 or 42 clarinets. Mostly we just sat and listened to the others play, and it took about 3 hours. I knew there were some minor mistakes and certain tone quality problems but I still think I did fine.
I got 11th place, which was about 8 place better than what I thought I would get. Only the top 12 gets to advance, which is November 16, 2013(today). It seemed almost impossible to get to the top ten; the others were extremely experienced. I think I did fine and got 28th place, but I think its good score. Anyways, I will still come back next year.
A Cheesy Chinese Riddle
This is a very, very cheesy riddle. If you know Chinese(Simplified) then this shouldn’t be a extremely hard challenge. If you don’t know Chinese, use a dictionary or Google translate. Here it is:
买有卖有,人人都有
This is how I translates it(I won’t try to trick you with this, this is the actual meaning):
What is something that buying and selling have, but it’s also something that everyone have.
Hint: This riddle does not only have to do with the meaning, you should also look at the word structurally.
Good luck!