Interview on Samuel's Oragami

Sean: When did you start to make oragami figures?
Samuel: Third grade.
Sean: Did it take you a long time to learn?
Samuel: No, I learned how to fold them on cartoon TV shows, and use my imagination.
Sean: What is the hardest oragami you've put together?
Samuel: A lobster called"EB".
Sean: Why was this the hardest?
Samuel: Because I combined threee oragami figures.
Sean: What current oragami project are you working on?
Samuel: I am constellation oragami figures.
Sean: Have you always been interested in astronomy?
Samuel: No, I've only been interested in astronomy since kindegarden(four years).
Sean: Do you have an idea what your next oragami project will be?
Samuel: Not yet.
Sean: Well, thank you for the interview and I look forward to seeing your new projects.

我的摺紙作品：十二生肖﹝一﹞

這五個生肖是什麼？

還有七個，加把勁兒。

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﹝有一張圖是兩隻生肖。﹞

Who was the man who invented the light bulb?(Part I)

This fall we began to read a book called Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?. This book tells us about the inventions Tom makes throughout his life with a couple of funny stories. Al's family included his father Samuel, his mother Nancy, two brothers, and a sister. His first invention was an electrical voting machine. When he was growing up Al was a newsboy on the Grand Trunk Railroad, but it didn't last long because Al had a science laboratory on the train and one day he made a big explosion that got him fired. I think his early life was interesting because he made many experiments, for example the phonograph.

As Al got older everyone called him Tom, Tom's inventions got better, and his laboratories got bigger. Tom spent most of his time at work. His compound included his own house, his boarding house, and a few shop's. Tom made an electric pen that was very useful and saved time by making dots to easily copy letters, books. articles, etc.

As Tom grew older, he wanted to make a better light bulb. Tom's light bulb was better because Tom's light bulb could light up hundreds of lights at one time. Today you can see Tom's light bulbs on streets, freeways, in homes, in offices, etc. The invention of Tom's light bulb allows us to have safe light without causing fires or being smelly!

Hong Kong Vs. Macao

Earlier this month my family and I flew to Hong Kong and Macao for almost a week, I had a pretty good time. First we went to Hong Kong. My favorite part of being in Hong Kong was going to Disney Land. We went to Disney Land for two days and one night. I really liked the space mountain ride, it was fun and exciting. We also went to the Hong Kong Space Museum. There we saw an IMAX show called "Exploring the Planets". Then we went to the souvenir shop and I bought 2 4-D puzzles, one turns into a Lunar Lander, and the other puzzle turns into a Command Rocket. After Hong Kong we rode a boat to Macao. I thought Macao was very cool. We stayed in the Venetian Hotel. The hotel has casinos, many shops, a pool, restaurants etc. I really like the food in Macao, I especially liked the "Pig Burger" I like to call it a "piggy burger". We stayed in Macao for one day, returned to Hong Kong and flew back to Taipei in time for the solar eclipse. I watched the solar eclipse from my roof, but we had to look through a solar viewer so we wouldn't hurt our eyes. It was very cool.

Transformer's 2 Movie Review(I won't tell you the ending untill you see it!)

I think this movie was very exciting and I definitely recommend you to go see it ASAP! This movie is called "Transformers II: The Revenge of The Fallen". I saw it with my Mom, my Dad, and my Grandma. My favorite characters in the new Transformers movie are Skids and Mudflap, they're twins. My favorite scene is when Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream are fighting. It was my favorite scene because it was very exciting and surprised me. There were only eleven transformers in the first one, and in this one there were 51 transformers! I liked the sequel more than the prequel. Again, I recommend you go see it ASAP!!!!!!!!!! If you have already seen it tell me in your comments.

I ride a bike!

This past Thursday and Friday I had no school because it was the Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival, called ''端午節 '' in mandarin, has an interesting story. The story is about Qu Yuan, a poet who disagreed with the Emperor of China hundreds of years ago. He jumped into a river with a great stone and drowned. People got in their boats to search for his body. This began the Dragon Boat Festival. Now people celebrate Qu Yuan by having boat races, eating special foods called rice dumplings, and families get together. I think it is very fun, especially because I have no homework.

On Thursday, morning my grandmother and I took my bike to the university to practice riding. I was both excited and scared, but I trusted my grandmother would be able to teach me. I started out fast, but I fell a couple times and got some cuts on my legs. At lunch time we went back inside, I wasn't perfect yet, but I was getting better.

On Friday morning we went back to the university to try again. I wasn't scared this time. I got better and better all morning. By the end of the morning I could ride without Grandma's help. I was very excited and I hope I can ride my bike to school someday.

Transform to life!

Hey guys, do you know about the transformers? Transformers are alien machines that can transform into robots. My favorite transformer is Optimus Prime because he is the Autobot leader. Autobots are the good transformers in the movie "Transformers", and the Decpeticons are their nemesis. Last Saturday I went to the dentist. While I was at the dentist, I made an autobot called "Rachet" with some blocks, and I asked my Dad to take some pictures. Here they so you can take a look. He starts in vehicle mode, transforms halfway, and then transforms fully into a robot. Please view from left to right, hope you enjoy!