Max's reflection

I think that we should not take things for granted and treasure what we have now. Through my experiences all over the world, there are many people in the world that cannot even afford the daily necessities and have to live on the street. For example, in Paris, even though Paris looks beautiful in the day, many beggars come out to live on the streets at night. The fact that the teacher showed us the pictures of beggars have only enabled me to reflect more. We must know that we are already very lucky to have a house to stay in and food to eat, realizing that this is because of our parents hard work. Hence we must be filial to them and give back to them in the future.

Styles' Colour, Symbol and Image

My favorite colour to wear on Chinese New Year



I have to be constantly on the go to visit my relatives.



The long distances that I have to go to reach my relatives' house.

Swee Leng's CNY

Colour

Yellow

I'm looking forward to Chinese New Year and am happy because I get to receive angpao money:D

Symbol

Fireworks

I chose fireworks because I will be launching fireworks in Malaysia during CNY and it also represents the festive mood.

Image

捞鱼生

I chose this because it is necessary to 捞鱼生 for CNY reunion dinner. 

Swee Leng's reflection

Lesson 2:

In this lesson we were told to choose who to help between two beggars, a woman carrying a child or a man who was robbed of all his possessions. Initially, I chose the woman with a child as I thought that she needed money to provide for her child. I thought that since the man seemed healthy, he should be capable of finding a job to sustain himself. However after I read the background stories of the two beggars, I found out that the man was the one who was really pitiful. From this lesson I've learnt that we cannot judge a book by its cover.

Zhong Xun's Chinese New Year work

The colour yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the color of new ideas, helping us to find new ways of doing things.

Since this year is the horse year, thus a chinese chess character "马” symbolized it the best.

The moment when everyone is having a good time is what I am looking forward to for Chinese New Year. :D

Yong Xuan's Chinese New Year Work

One colour:

Red symbolises Chinese New Year.

One symbol:

I will be able to receive many red packets during Chinese New Year.  

One image:

Many delicious goodies to eat!

新年快乐，万事如意。

Yong Xuan's Reflection

Lesson 2: A picture paints a thousand words.

From this lesson, I understood on how to gather meaning and thoughts from what I see, as well as being able to know the importance of looking beyond just what is on the surface during reflection.  For example, we were shown two pictures of beggars.  One of them was sitting on the streets, holding a cardboard pleading for help as all of his possessions have been stolen.  Another picture was a lady, carrying a baby and walking around begging for money too.  At first, I thought that both of them were rather pitiful and I would help them both if i were at the scene.  However, after we were shown the real background behind the two beggars, I have never expected the lady to be somewhat of a scammer, whereas the man is really pitiful.  Hence, we should always think more than we see and not be too gullible.