The world is my school and today my classroom was at a temple in Hakone Japan. When I woke up I only had half an hour 'til breakfast. Of course I made the right choice and stayed in bed. I cozied in my covers until it was only 7-minutes before breakfast. I was going to wait until it was 3-minutes before breakfast but a lady knocked on the door and said it was already ready. I quickly put on my Yukata (This is a traditional dress for the Japanese, both men and w...

The world is my school today my classroom was on 3 trains, a gondola and in a hot spring. Tokyo and Hakone, Japan. Today we got an early start and head right off, Sayonara Mandarin Oriental and Moshimoshi futons and Mt. Fuji. The first train was super big but was only a 30-minute ride. The next one was a little longer and looked more like an underground/subway. Finally the last train looked like another underground/subway and was a little longer than the...

You'll Live Longer with a Chinese Diet This report describes the typical Chinese diet. It also compares Chinese and Western diets. Popular Chinese beverages are also listed. Fun facts are added throughout. I chose to write about this topic because I just lived in Hong Kong for a month and felt like a local. Instead of staying in a hotel where get tourist food, we went to a local grocery store and traditional Chinese restaurants where we got a good tast...

!!HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! Spent it with Chinese Mickey! <3 WORLD RINGS BELL

The world is my school. Today my classroom was at the Giant Buddha on the 3rd day of Chinese New Year. I woke up around noon and had a breakfast/lunch. Then without wasting anytime we headed off to the MTR to go to Tung Chai, then take the gondola at Ngong Ping to see the Giant Buddha. This is made out of 202 bronze pieces all around 10-13sq.mm. big. We waited in a 3-hour line then finally got on the longest cable car ride I've ever been in. There we...