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Today was a busy and emotional day for the students and the teachers; it was our last day at the summer camp. The competition that everybody has been anticipating finally arrived. All our contestants prepared extremely hard for the semi finals and their effort was paid off. In the morning, we went to the live studio of Qing Dao Television in preparation for the competition in the afternoon. We walked through the stage and received instructions on what we had to do. It was a busy morning filled with endless rehearsals. After lunch, the moment that everyone has been waiting for finally arrived. We first enjoyed an amazing performance by a band that played ancient Chinese music, which eventually led to the competition. There were four Canadian teams which consisted of the students from the ... read more

Today, it was raining outside, so we visited the Li Cang Science Centre and Qing Dao Polar Ocean World, instead of visiting Mount Lao. This morning, we took the bus to the Li Cang Science Centre. The Science Centre had three floors. First we went to the upper floor, there were many science games, but I didn’t play any, because many were broken. I just sat on a chair and waited for the rest of the students to finish playing. After, the teacher brought us to the first floor to do fun experiments. I did experiment No.15. Our team helped each other to finish the experiment. After that I watched other teams’ experiments, I felt like the other team’s experiment was much harder than ours; they had to try again and again to succeed. I was ... read more

On July 23rd, we trekked up the Taishan mountain- the crown of the five most famous mountains in China. The day before, we learned a whole lot about the historical and natural beauty of Taishan, such as the 2200 stone cravings and how they were craved by the great emperors. This made the climb an enjoyable learning experience. As our bus brought us pass the First Gate to Heaven and into the Second Gate to Heaven, I knew this was one of the greenest places I’ve seen in China. When we labeled ourselves “fast” and “unhurried”, I went with “fast” and went with Mr.Liu. I was quite proud of myself…until we climbed to a sign that said “The climb starts here.” The “unhurried” group was quickly in front of us, because we couldn’t resist shutting down ... read more

Today we had the most fun we’ve ever had, and I’m not even kidding. We went to the beachside, and got pretty wet. We were around 15 minutes late leaving, so we were sad that we lost 15 minutes at the beach. After we got there, we were actually really surprised that there were very little people already there, because most of the time there are a lot of people at most public places. Anyway, the sand was super soft, and I enjoyed walking in it. I bet everyone was too. We got started right away on the tug of war, with two teams, boys V.S girls. Of course, the girls won every single time, but we had a lot more people than them. Boys are stronger than us anyway, right? The boys got mad, so ... read more

July 14, 2011 At 9am, I left my house. My dog followed me to the door, hoping to go to China with me. I hope he still remembers me when I return. My parents drove on Hwy401 to the airport. Before checking in, we discovered that we left my passport at home! It takes half an hour to drive home and half an hour to get back to the airport, 1 hour in total. I worried that I might cause everyone to wait for me. Fortunately, it only took half an hour. Instead of my dad driving back and forth, he asked a friend who lives close to my home to bring the passport here. That’s one reason why it's really important to have good friends. Luckily, I was not the last one to check in. ... read more