For ENG 105 project 3

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In my mind, photos are the best way to capture every moment that we would like to memorize. When I was in the junior school, I started to use my parents’ camera to take photos and sometimes I would go to the photostudio to print the photos I thought were good. When I was in high school, I had my first smartphone. After that, I started taking photos by my phone, and because it is convenient to store the photos on my phone, I seldom print photos.

Right now, because I have been keen on taking photos since I was in junior school, I suppose the skill of taking photos makes me greater. Even though I am not professional and I have not learned how to take photos by formally, the photos that I have taken are not bad.

Besides, my family like travelling in holiday. Taking photos enables us to store the memory during the travel. When we see those photos, we will still remember the days and feelings at that period: the attractive sights and dear family. We still preserve the photos taken in the past. Some of them are taken by mine and some re taken by my parents. I am not talented at taking photos. Maybe the first hundred photos that I took were not good. But because I practice and look the way other photographers design composition of different photos, my skill of taking photos is better.

Overall, taking pictures by my cell phones is one of my skills and it makes my life and me greater.

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My name

My first name is Xueyi. In Chinese, there are two characters: Xue and Yi. In Chinese, Xue means snow and Yi means beauty. My mother told me that before my birthday, there had been many sunny days in winter. However, on the day I born, it started snowing heavily. My family thought it is a signal for my birth, which would bring luck and happiness for me. Therefore, Xue becomes one of my first name. For Yi, my parents hope I could be a pretty and mild person. When people first listen my name, they tend to say that my name sound like a person’s which would be in ancient China, which sound beautiful. Also, they say that in general I do behave what my name represents.

However, some people will misunderstand and mispronounce my first name Yi easily. This is because in Chinese, there are four tone. My first name Yi is pronounced in the first tone. However, people may pronounce my name in the second tone. I suppose it mainly because of the name of a role in a popular Chinese TV series. She is also called Xueyi. The Xue is the same as mine, but the Yi for her name means aunt and it is pronounced in the second tone. I guess the deep impression for her makes people mispronounce my name easily. But it is interesting for me, and it becomes one of my nick names.

I like my first name very much not only because it sounds good when people pronounce it, but also because I believe what my parents say: it will bring luck and happiness for me. Maybe I was born in winter, so I like winter and snow very much. However, my hometown is located at the south of China, so it is not very easy to see snow, especially during recent years because of the “ warm winter”. Thus, I hope that in the future I can have a house or an apartment in a place where I can see snow in winter.

I have no idea about my children’s name. It seems that I need to think very carefully to give my children name. I hope he or she will love his or her name like me. All in all, thank for my parents to give me such a beautiful name.

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For sale

These plates were drawn by my classmates and me at my high school. We drew these as decoration for Christmas Party in our classroom. My high school is an international high school, so there is a tradition in our high school that every year we will hold Christmas Party to celebrate. During our last semester at high school, two years ago, we decided to celebrate and decorate our classroom in a special and unique way. For the decoration, we bought a lot of disposable plates, watercolor pens and acrylic paint online. Besides, we decorated our two whiteboards as windows, and on the sills, there were clusters of flowers.

I think about a long time that which thing I can sell, but I do think that all the things I have now are indispensable. If I must sell something, I will choose those plates because they occupied space a lot to some extent. However, they are still important and have special meaning for me. They represent my happy days with my classmates, especially during the period of the preparation for the Christmas. Although some of us include me were not good at drawing and painting, we still made our effort. After we finished, we were surprised that we got it. After the Christmas Party, I took some of them back home and put them in my cloakroom. Every time I go to the cloakroom, I can see them. These plates may be not important for other people, but they are valuable and important for me. One is for their special meaning, and another is for their  “artistic value”.

Those plates will be sold at the price of $10 each, $25 for three.

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My Cool Duck

This is my doll  that I have owned since eleven months ago. It is a gift from my friend. Maybe when people see this doll, they tend not to consider that it is cool. But for me, it is cool because one of my dream I have had since I was a child finally comes true. When I was young, the animated movie about prince and princess was very popular. Among the animated movies, I liked the Barbie Princess the most. Because of this, I wanted Barbie dolls. I always imagined that I could dress them up and then they would go to parties. At parties, they would meet princes and have a happy life. What a beautiful story. However, unfortunately, when I was young, I was so introverted and always did not tell my parents what I want to buy. Therefore, I did not get my “princesses”. Besides, when I grow up, I become more outgoing but I suppose that I was so “old” to play Barbie dolls. If I do so, maybe some of my friends will “laugh” at me. Therefore, I still did not get my “princesses”. Yet, during the last winter holiday, when I come back to my own country and went outside with my friend, she gave me a duck doll as a gift. The duck doll can also be dressed up with clothes, shoes, glasses etc. The only difference from the Barbie dolls for me is that he is a duck and he will meet a duck princess at party, not prince. I was so surprised because I have never told her my story about Barbie princess. But she bought this special gift for me by chance. This special gift makes my “princess” dream come true to some extent. I believe my duck prince will find his princess at the end.

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Special Photos

What is the coolest thing that you own? When I first ask myself this question, I come up the answer quickly: the heart-shaped photo wall in my bedroom. Above the photo wall, there is a row of LED. When I turn all the light off in my bedroom except the LED and look at the photo wall, I will feel peaceful. I suppose it is the coolest mainly because when my friends go into my room at first time, their attention are always catched by the photo wall. “That’s so cool!” Then, they tend to stand in front of my photo wall and look at them. At that time, we will talk about some of the photos. Among those photos, some are taken by myself, some are photos of celebrities downloaded online, and some are taken by my friends. The photo wall represents my precious memory and moment with my family, friends and my adorable pet. Although during sometime I will forget some experiences with them, but once I see photos, I will remember. In my daily life, the photo wall is useful. Because I am studying abroad and leave my country and family, when I miss my parents and younger brother, I just need to look up at the photo wall and then I can see their photos. At the time I look their photos, I will feel like that they are with me. This is much easier than I unlock my phone to see their picture or have a video chat with them because they are busy and the time in my country is twelve hours ahead than that in the America. All in all, the photo wall in my bedroom are the coolest thing that I have right now not only my friends think but also it has special meaning for me.