Friday 22 November 2013

Chinese chess

To talk about game should be easy to everyone, but it seems a little difficult to me because I first think of digital game when you ask me about game. When I was a child, the digital game hasn’t appeared; moreover I lived in countryside, I had to raise animal and help my parents to take care of

farm after school. So, playing game was luxury to me, the game that I can remember is now is board game, and most of them is playing on the ground. Most game is lost now, only one game that is still popular is Chinese chess, and you still can see many people paly it in China, also, in Calgary. Let me introduce Chinese chess, it’s an ancient game, and originated from 547 BC. The game resembles chess, play on a board consisting of two halves. Each has eight columns and four rows, and separate with a strip. Each part has sixteen pieces representing the military of ancient China. Two people play the game, and the pieces are placed on the intersection of the lines, you will win when opponent’s general is checkmated. It’s a good game, can train your analyzing ability and logical ability.

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Met My Friend in Calgary


After two weeks, when he arrived back in China, he told me that he had bought a lot of gifts for family, but he didn't have a tour.
Last month, my friend, Fenglu, came to Calgary. He came here just for a short job training, and in his free time he wanted to have a tour of Calgary. So, I told him something about shopping, traveling, and living in Calgary. I said, “ Safety comes first when you go to another city, but you don’t have to wary about safety in Calgary. It’s a safe city, no matter if you traveling, living or shopping; however, you should be careful of you manners when riding bus or c-train.” So, I told him c-train and bus etiquette.
Don’t litter on C-train or bus, checks ticket yourself before get on C-train, don’t eat food on C-train, don’t make eye contact with stranger and so on. Moreover, when you go shopping, you should go to mails where there are a lot of shops, and Cross-iron Mail, Chinook mail, and Market Mail are bigger in Calgary, and price is cheaper. Also, I told him which brand is cheaper than China, which brand is same price as China, and which brand is more expensive than China. Finally, we talk about traveling, and he told me he wanted having a tour of Calgary. I said, “Calgary has many beauty place where you can go sightseeing, but it’s too cool, maybe you can have a tour of Banff International Park.” After two weeks, when he arrived back in china, he told me that he had bought a lot of gifs for family, but he didn’t have a tour.

Sunday 10 November 2013

Transportated Way of Travel

China has developed transportation, and the reason of traveling difficultly is because there are 1.3 millions people in china. You can take bus, subway and taxi or ride a bicycle to travel in city. You can take train, coach, high-speed rail or by air to travel; also, you can drive to travel. Almost every important city has airport in China, and you can arrive every county town by train; also, the expressway has connected every county town. China has seven thousands kilometers high-speed railway, and high-speed is 350 kilometer per hour.
So, it is easy to travel, no matter whether you travel in a city or between cities. What are you favorite way to travel? I can’t say in one word; it depends on your travelling purpose. If you have a business trip of a far city, you should by air or take high-speed rail; if not, you can take train, coach or other way. If you have a tour of big city, you ought to take train or by air; otherwise if you have a tour of forest park, county side sight-seeing or grass-land, you should drive your car. Beside, you should think about that which way is short to you destination, which way save time, and can you rent a car or not.

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Is This City Safety?



Calgary is a great city, and a safe city. I'm luck, I always live in safe city. I have been here for two months, and I haven't met thieves, muggers and other crimes; in addition, my apartment and University don't have any burglaries, and my companions haven't seen any crime in their experience. You can go outside at night alone, and you can ask everyone you meet when have a problem. People is friendly,they can help you when you need a help. I come from Beijing, China, and I lived Beijing for 5 years before I came here. Beijing is a big city, and it has 30 million people, but it's a safe city,then over 200 million people have tour of Beijing. People are friendly , and if you have a tour of Beijing, you can get help from everyone who can give you a answer as detail as possible.


Although, we stay a safe city, but sometime burglary happens; so, we had better learn to protect yourself. First, you should avoid going outside and dangerous place alone as far as possible.Second, you had better call police when you meet that some commit to crime, don't fight with them. You ought to be away from dangerous place when you walk on street or visit a park; furthermore, you should watch traffic sign before you through street, you should look around before you enter a work sit.
As a result, staying a safe city is important; also,learning to protect yourself is more important. Safety is most important to everyone.