{"id":1846,"date":"2014-12-30T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T08:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/1846"},"modified":"2015-05-24T07:14:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:14:05","slug":"diary-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1846","title":{"rendered":"Diary Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\" align=\"right\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Cloudy\u00a0\u00a0 21<sup>st<\/sup>April, 2014<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m now in Macau! Yippee!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mum, Dad, Jonathan and I arrived at Macau <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">last<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"> night. We<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">\u2019re<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"> stayin<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">g in<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"> the Holiday Inn in Cotai Central. There are many hotels in that district. <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Each hotel<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"> ha<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">s<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">her<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\"> own special design. And all of them are five-star hotels! How luxury! The Galaxy <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">H<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel, the Venetian <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">H<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel, the Hard Rock <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">H<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel, the Crown <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">H<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel, the Grand Hyatt <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">H<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel and the Four Seasons <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">H<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel are the hotels I would like to stay<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">.<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">A<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">nyway, I\u2019m satisfied with Holiday Inn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This afternoon, we went to some streets with unique names like the Rua Cinco de Outubro. Macau was a former Portuguese colony. Therefore many names of streets in Macau are spelt in Portuguese. Jonathan tried to pronounce it as he thought it was spelt in English. He tried to pronounce the name of the street <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">for <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">many times but he couldn\u2019t. How adorable!<span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">We shopped there and ate some local food like the almond cake, peanut candy and Portuguese egg tarts etc. They were so fascinating!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This night, we went to a place that I\u2019ve long been looking forward to\u2014The House of Dancing Water.<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">I watched the show and it was wonderful!!! The show beg<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">a<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">n in the coasts of Coloane. A fisherman travelled with his boat and enjoyed his journey. Suddenly a mysterious energy from the water created a terrible whirlpool and it grabbed him and pulled him to a place and a time of legends. At the same time, a survivor from a ship wreck was brought from a storm. This stranger encountered a beautiful princess who was thrown into a cage by her wicked stepmother and <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">they <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">fell in love with <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">each other<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">. The fisherman helped the stranger to fight against the wicked queen. At last, they defeated the wicked queen<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> with their joint effort<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">. The fisherman became the king. The stranger and the princess <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">lived happily ever after<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The show really amazed me! <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">T<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">he stage pool can hold a record-breaking 3.7 million gallons of water, equivalent to 5 Olympic-sized swimming pools! And 11 hydraulic stage lift are used to transform the pool into a spectacular stage in less than a minute!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What\u2019s more, the show was exciting. There were many record breaking <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">tricks<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"> and special effects. They were really intense. And I appreciate the actress\u2014Faye Leung. She dances really well! She was really elegant! I\u2019ll learn from her. I\u2019ll practice more ballet and improve myself. <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Hope I could<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"> be a dancer in the future!<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;\">J<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\" align=\"right\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">Cloudy\u00a0\u00a0 2<sup>s<\/sup>April, 201<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m now in Macau! Yippee<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; tab-stops: 62.65pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mum, Dad, Jonathan and I arrived at Maca<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">las<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">night. W<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">\u2019r<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">stayi<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">g i<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">the Holiday Inn in Cotai Central. There are many hotels in that district.<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Each hote<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">h<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"><\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">he<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">own special design. And all of them are five-star hotels! How luxury! The Galax<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"><\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';\">otel, the Venetia.........<\/span><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1846\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-others","schoolyear-36"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2363,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/2363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}