Sunday, May 2, 2010

The Nine Dragon Wall, My zodiac sign, and The Epcot Experienece






There are three nine dragon walls in china. Each dragon plays with a unique ball and each dragon is colored differently and has a 3D appearance. The Chinese dragon is said to have nine sons, each with distinct characteristics.
1. Haoxian is Reckless and adventurous.
2. Yazi is brave
3. Chiwen watches from a distance to give an early warning
4. Baxia protects the travelers from the water.
5. Pulao likes his own voice, so he tends to hear himself roar
6. Bixi is an excellent pack-animal.
7. Qiuniu loves music
8. Suanmi like smoke and fire

9. Jiaotu keeps his mouth shut and guards peace and privacy.
My zodiac sign is a Taurus. I think that my zodiac sign describes me ok, what I mean by this is I tend to be “feeling good”. I don’t really think that I switch off the world around me which is why I think this sign describes ok. I try to stay informed on what is going on in the world, and I certainly don’t ignore it. What really caught my eye while I was reading about my zodiac sign is that I control the people’s relationships around me and allow certain people to get so close. I believe that, that definitely describes me.

Unlike the rest of the class I went to Epcot in Disney for my “china town experience” because I was in Orlando for The Cheerleading Worlds. The travel around the park was hot because I had gotten used to the cold weather around here. Before we went to the restaurant we saw Chinese acrobats, they were so cool. There were two groups of girls and one group of boys. These kids were literally bending in half, and the boys did a lot of holding each other up in handstands. When we got in to the restaurant we, mom and brother, had pot stickers. They were delicious! I had sweet and sour chicken for my main course I think that the chicken was really good. After our meal we went to a movie about china that Epcot provided called the “china experience”. I learned so much about the importance of the Silk Road; it helps the farmers a lot. Not only did the video show us the agricultural side of China, but the industrial side of China. At night in cities have a busy life, with shops and street venders. It also showed how culturally diverse food is in big cities Shang Hi.

China Vs. Google the internet war


People from china who were demanding civil right hacked into Google’s system, and igniting a war upon china and Google. China was rated high in using the internet, and the people were upset with their restrictions on the things that they are allowed to see. So a group of people hacked the system, and made Google really mad. They decided that to fix the problem they will just listen to what they want, give them free reign over the internet. China made Google make restrictions for a reason, so giving the people back free searching is getting rid of what they wanted for china in the first place.
In the china newspaper it really emphasized how Google had gotten attacked by hackers, and they also mentioned a lot about how many people in china actually use the internet, which is a lot, compared to other countries (China uses the internet a lot, mostly for email). Unlike in the U.S paper the thing that was most emphasized was how they are hiding so much from the Chinese people, like if you were to search Tiananmen Square in China you would see a peaceful place, and a huge gathering center. When you search it in any other country you would see a tank from 1989! Both Newspapers talk about how this is a civil rights violation. The main difference is how we see the violation because china does not, and cannot see what they are missing because it simply isn’t there.