Volunteer work

During this winter vocation, I have done a very meaningful thing, which is doing volunteer work in Siya Garden Restaurant.
The first day I came there, I thought to be a waitress must be so easy that only need to give guest some water, say “Hello” to them, of course, the temperature there won’t be too hot or too cold. So it must be comfortable.
At about 10:00 A.M, there was no guest so early to have meal, but I should follow the other waitresses to learn how to fix up the tableware. In each room, there was 12-15 people’s seat. So always doing one same thing is a little bored. The most embarrassing thing I met is that I want to go to the washroom, so as usual, I went to it. But when I came out, the manger said to me in a very straight way ‘That is used for guests, we can not use it’. Then she told me where we can use it. I really feel embarrassing about it. Then I used to it.
Now I thought that I really did a lot of things, such as passing the dishes. For me, I thought it was very easy but I was wrong. We need to hold the dishes in only one arm and have a 90 degree in it. When you have this once, you feel it is so easy, but second, the third, you’ll feel it is not that easy and your arms will feel uncomfortable. If you send these dishes into the room, for some food, you have to distribute the food for every person. On a night, there was a big party there, and I was allowed to help them, I feel a little new and nervous. Because as usual, always others do things for me, but that day, I have to do things for the guest. At the first several times, when they asked “waitress”, I almost heard nothing, and other waitress often remind me, they are calling you! Then, I hurry to them and asked if they need help. They often looked at me for a moment and then said what they need. Maybe they thought why this restaurant need this stupid girl?.. But I don not care.
In there, I also learned about how to open the alcohol. Before this, I really don not how to open it and confuse about it. But now, I know it, so next time, when someone needs to open the alcohol, I also can open it for him or her. The last I learnt is how to put the dishes on the table although the guests did not eat them all. For example, I can put the little things in a small plant instead of the big one. In normal, each new dish should put in front of the main character and the last dishes always fruits. So we can put them on the top of some soup or other big plant maybe the guests will never eat.
In conclusion, from this volunteer work, I learnt about that a waitress is not as that easy that everyone can do it very comfortable. So in the next days I would like to do more volunteer works and feel more about this society.

Tacos

On December 31st, 2008, the last day of last year. We have a dinner with grade 12 students in tacos on Zhujianglu. First I met Connie at the school gate and we went together. It was really a lot of traffic at that time because of that is the exact time for people to go home, so we waited Angle from grade 12 for a long time, because of the hunger, we started to looking around the list and find maybe this or that is more delicious… but at last, we wait until Angle came.
“Tacos” is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a maize or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. The fact that a taco can be filled with practically any meat, fish, shellfish, vegetable, and cheese allows for its great versatility and variety. A taco is generally eaten out of hand, without the aid of utensils, and is often accompanied by a garnish such as salsa and often vegetables such as cilantro, onion, cabbage, tomato, or lettuce.
After that dinner , I know some tips about eating Mexican food.
Tell your server not to bring fried tortilla chips to the table.
Ask for low-fat sour cream or use salsa to add flavor.
Veracruz or other tomato-based sauces are better than cream or cheese sauces.
If you order a taco salad, don’t eat the fried shell.
I have eaten a big pizza during dinner time, and because of the super size of the pizza, I did not eat it all, but just left the food there is not very frugal so I asked for a package and bring them all. So the next morning, I still had yesterday’s dinner for breakfast.

Critique

Critique worksheet
1、 What is the title of the exhibition? Wu Weishan Cultural Figures Sculpture Gallery of Nanjing Museum.
2、 What kind of are is being shown? Sculpture
3、 Is the art work made by one artist or by several artists? One artist.
4、 Is the artwork traditional or contemporary? Contemporary.


Artist Wu Weishan
Title: Sleeping baby
Date: 2006
On a sunny Thursday morning, our class with Ms.Hadly went to Nanjing Normal University to have a view of Wu Weishan’s artwork. Before this trip, I have never heard about him, so I feel very excited to see him.
First, I want to introduce a kind of artwork to you. It is sculpture. A sculpture is a three-dimensional art object which can represent animate (human, animal, botanical, aquatic) or inanimate forms, communicate the sculptor’s interpretation of abstract ideas, or express, or evoke certain emotions. They can be created singly or in groups. In essence, sculpture is the assembly of a mass of ordinary material so that it expresses something that transcends its parts. Although most sculpture involves shaping or re-shaping materials, this is not strictly necessary. A sculpture may consist of a collection of objects or material that may not have been altered but are instead arranged in a meaningful way.
Then, among all the artwork, a small sculpture reminds me. It is a baby’s head made by metal. The color is brown with a little red. The lines are not very smooth. If you touch it you’ll feel the sculpture is very hard and uncomfortable. The artist used copper to do it.
The subject of the art work is baby sleeping deeply. I can see the profile of the art work and the you can see the baby’s mouth was opened and nostril is up, everything seems to be omission but the snoring of the site, it is very specific. So it is emphasizing how deeply the baby sleeps.
It makes me feel tired and I think it is also gives me a sense of humor. Also, it makes me think about my little sister. She is such a lovely baby and she is only 8-month-old until last summer. For most of the time, she is sleeping, when she is sleeping, she also has slobber on her small round face around her small mouth. Sometimes she smiles in my grandmother’s arms, maybe she dreamed of the rainbow or the secret Santa. Maybe the artist likes children very much and enjoy staying with them. During day times, they are playing and laughing and do everything happily, in the evening, they sleep deeply and become very quiet. That’s also interesting for me.
I really like this sleeping baby and want to know what is he dreaming about and I think they have no worries about anything else. Like us, we are secondary school students, so we should pay attention to our studies and relationship between friends, parents or teachers. Sometimes, it is really hard to make a decision. So, because of their young and know nothing, they are happy and no worries. Also they are most like angles too.