September
11 |
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| Today
is a day of mourning for my country. I truly feel sympathy for those
who lost loved ones in last year’s September 11 attacks. I hope
that those who would attack us so all because of what we stand for
will be captured and brought to justice and that the freedoms and
ideals that my country stands for will continue to prevail.
When I got up, my grandma and grandpa decided to take me to a place to once again drink soybean milk and fried fritters. We walked to the small eatery and I ordered myself chilled soybean milk, glutinous carrot cake, and a biscuit. While walking back, my grandpa pointed out some building to me and said that this was a building where materials were translated. Anyway, back at the apartment, my first uncle called and said that I should meet him outside of the apartment in half an hour. I waited outside and he came to pick me up on a bike. I found it funny that he was riding a bike, but he said that we were really going to take the MRT. While he biked, he told me to walk straight down a road to the MRT station. Before, my aunt and I took the bus. However, I realized that the station really wasn’t all that far from grandpa’s apartment. After getting there, we took the MRT to the National Palace Museum. Actually, we had to stop at a station and then take a taxi there. The taxi driver was dressed very formally. He was an old gentleman with gloves on and wearing a dress shirt. |
When we arrived at the museum, I gazed in awe at the huge museum. The driver dropped us off at the museum entrance. I asked my first uncle to take pictures of me and, so, he did. He told me that this was for my memories and not for his, so he didn’t need pictures of himself. Inside, my first uncle bought tickets. He realized that he didn’t need to buy a ticket for himself since he was retired. However, by that time, it was too late and he had already bought the ticket. There was a booth inside where you could buy a walking audio tour for the museum. My first uncle bought me one. The device seemed like a cell phone. All you had to do was enter in the number of the display and you could listen to the prerecorded audio description of the artifact on display. There were many exhibits to behold. The first exhibit gave a timeline for the entire history of China and where each artifact came in the timeline. My first uncle seemed to feel the need to explain everything to me in great detail, which I appreciated. I pretty much got the same information out of the audio device. I found the jade exhibits to be the most interesting. They truly were sculpted with great precision and detail. I also thought the calligraphy was done well too. Some were written with such great precision that they looked like they were typed up. Unfortunately, flash photography was not allowed, so we couldn’t take many pictures. However, I could record with my video camera. First uncle seemed very knowledgeable about most of China’s history. |
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