Bonnie plays Guqin in Suzhou

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Who are the SunFlower Seeds think about themselves

After watching the "High School Musical 2", the SunnFlower Seeds had a debriefing meeting with Auntie bonnie.

According to the content of the movie, auntie bonnie asked the girls:

What is the difference of "What I want" and "What I need"?
The girls well aware of their wants are many such as ............... but when comes to "What I need", they said, air for breathing, home for staying, work for earning, money for living, friendship for loving.

Who are you?
The girls firstly simply said, "I am a human being, I am a Chinese, I am living in Hong Kong....." After I prompted them to think what was mentioned in the movie that - it is not something how people look at you but how you look at yourself, Jadie said, "I need to think." After a around of huzzle, we found out that:

• Pearl is the one loves playing sports.
• Tung Tung is the one spots others strength (than looking at herself).
• Jadie is the one passion in watching TV and wants to produce Character Cartoon TV program in the future.
• Dorcas is the one loves reading and imagine how the story goes on.

Mothers and Aunties' Meeting

Here was our second meeting attended by Bonnie, Connie, Iris, Catherine, Elaine, Iris (Leung) and Ha and we learned:

• we need to build close and communicative relationship with our daughter before they may ask us, "please let me decide what I want to do." (around age 10-12)
• we have patience towards the girl(s) but not our own daughter or son.
• auntie should be ready to accept the refusal when the first appointment with the seed.
• girl may think, "Am I having any problem so recently two aunties are asking for outing with me?"
• I learned how to respect my daughter for her own privacy when she does not want to tell me what did they do and talk with the auntie.
• we are serious about the outing with the girls.
• a consistent meeting schedule helps the girls to build trust and reliability
• for SunFlower, it's an essence to be 1 on 1

We have also commited to some goals for working out in the upcoming 6 months:

• Connie pray for michelle's baptism.
• Connie will learn to build a trust relationship with cherry.
• Elaine wants to know more about Tze Ying and Jadie and create memories time with them.
• Elaine will support Dorcase to explore the world more.
• Iris wants to help Cherry to have an all rounded perceiving mind.
• Bonnie will inspire Dorcas to step forward with courageous.
• Ha wants to change herself for 100% accepting and encouraging Tung Tung in order to help Tung Tung to build her confidence.
• Iris (Leung) and Christine wants to become auntie to the seed next year.

Our next meeting will be on 18 Mar 2009. At that time, Bonnie and Connie will retire from the co-ordinator role and will be succeed by the other mothers to paying forward the project to the younger girls in the Kingdom.

Wine Tasting Experience

Thanks Jonathan and Joyce have given us a fun Wine Tasting Seminar. We tasted 1 white wine from Italy, 3 red wine from Italy, Argentina and Spain respectively and lastly a sweet dessert wine from Italy.

I like the 2006 Malbec from Argentina the most for its firm tannin taste. I have also learn some new vocab about wine which are:

Appearance
Color : White light straw-green straw, gold, gold-copper, copper, amber
Red purple, ruby, garnet, brick red, amber
Thickness : thin, somewhat thick (viscous), thick, very thick

Nose (Smell)
Aromas : fruit, vegetable, herb, spice, floral, toasted, animal....
Intentsity : none, faint, delicate, medium intensity, intense, very intense
Quality : common, good, fine, excellent
Length : very short, short, medium, long, veyr long
Additional Comments :

Taste
Sweetness : very dry, dry, off-dry, sweet, very sweet
Acidity : flat, flabby, lively, vibrant, crisp, tart
Tannin : soft, firm, tannic, bitter, harsh, astringent
Alcohol : light, medium-bodied, full-bodied, hot, alcoholic
Body : thin, light, medium, full, rich
Complexity : very simple, simple, average, complex, very complex
Balance : unbalanced, balanced, very well-balanced
Intensity : weak, faint, delicate, medium intensity, intense, very intense
Quality : common. good, fine, excellent
Length : very short, short, medium, long, very long
Finish : Intentsity none, faint, delivate, medium intensity, intense, very intense
Length very short, short, medium, long, very long
Description

Final Considerations

Overall Quality : poor, fair, good, very good, outstanding

Final Comments:

Name of Taster

Place of Tasting

Type/Region of Wine

Grape Variety

Producer's Name

Date

Time

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