Kelen – Kentucky “Friend” Chicken: Sipping Drinks and Licking Ice Cream with Xiao Xiao

There are a lot of places which I love to go in my life, but the most convenient place is KFC near my community.
I have a best friend named XiaoXiao. She is my neighbour and we always go to this KFC to have drinks. She drinks juice and I drink soda water. We like this flavor and we spend our free time sipping on soft drinks at KFC.

This picture below is of us drinking in the KFC.

I remember our last summer holiday where we would stay at KFC for a lot of relaxing time. I know it sounds weird that we spend soo much in a fast food restaurant. Can you guess what is the reason? The answer is that there is an air conditioner inside and we can order a cup of cold soft drinks after swimming. That makes us feel so cool.

There are a lot of KFCs in Beijing. The one near my community is my favorite. If it is in winter, Xiaoxiao and I will go there and order something hot, such as hot chocolate and hot milk, or hot juice. We will talk a lot like what brand of pen we like to use. When we sit down in this KFC, we calm down and are happy because KFC always plays happy music.

Kelan – My Tips for How To Relax Yourself

I don’t know how to make you understand that the Chinese kids in the 21century are quite busy. Many of times they really are just overwhelmed. The latest news that we heard were of students who committed suicide just they were unable to keep with their demands of daily life. I can understand, because for us, every activity is scheduled down to the very minute.

In my opinion we must pay more more attention and attach more importance to student’s well being. We must teach them how to relax when they feel tired. And we must do this when students want to give up their life over this matter.

There was one time that I was really stressed out and felt like things were too overwhelming. We have examinations at the end of every month, and in particular I remember the one from last month. I did not do a good job on the test. I did not pass some of the subjects. I became very upset when I found out that I did not pass all them!

That same day, the teacher talked to me and gave me a soft punishment by lecturing me. She asked me, “What is the trouble with you these days? You even could not pass this time. What did you do? …” I had nothing to say at that moment except to listen. I kept listening to her until she finished her speech.

When I went back home, I ate a lot snacks and did not want to do anything. I listened to music that I liked and I did not want to think about the exam any more. That is my way to relax myself and reduce the pressure.

If you have the same problem, I have some ideas to tell you. I hope these can help you step out the dark when you feel like you can’t deal with all the work.

• When you feel sad you can recall a sweet memory.
• You can eat your favorite snack and drink a cup of soft drink. Soft drink always make people feel cool.
• You also can have a good night of sleep, maybe you will have a special dream!
• Reading the stories with jokes is a very useful way to laugh and relax.
• Listen to your favorite music and sing it loudly
• Throw away all your clocks or watches and then your time will stop…I’m kidding…☺
• Draw a picture about yourself and make it funny. I often do that. You can have a try~

That’s all. Thank you~.
Please share your suggestions!

Linda – My Favorite Place – Ditan Park’s Book Market

If you ask me which place I like best. My answer is Ditan park. It is not only a park, but also is a book market. It has “book show(书市)”every season. People can a lot of books or something else in a low price.

As it is a park. It has beautiful scenery: Colorful flowers, old trees, old buildings—-which can show us the history and its culture. In the morning, you can see many people doing exercise, chatting or just enjoying the sunshine. In the evening, you can find them dancing, chatting or having a walk after dinner. At that time you will think life is beautiful and easy. Some of your pressure will go away from your daily life.

As it is a market, we can buy the things we need and they are all really cheap.  You can buy all kinds of books in Ditan Park. Including some English original version books. Computer books, fashion books, documentary books, stories and so on. They are all on sale, the cheapest one is 90% discount. (I bet you can see from the picture above. It is said: 90%-70% off the original price. We say it 1 Zhe or 3 zhe).

The book market is one of the most famous activity around here.  At the market, people can both relax themselves by walking around and buying books that they want or need.

If you are hungry, you can get some snacks from the Ditan Park too.  There are Beijijing local people’s style food.  You can taste some snack or sit down on the chair between the road to see the crowd…

Ditan park is really colorful. Although it is an old place, it can show us its bright and vitality. It bring us more happy, healthy, smart.

Here is the photo for Ditan Park.

I hope that when you are here, and we can go there together and try it!