Sunday, 10 July 2011
Saturday, 9 July 2011
reflection on 9-7-2011
Reflection on 9-7-2011
Maggie Yam (4S)
Today we went sight-seeing in London. First, we walked along St. James’ Park, then stopped and had our lunch. The weather was very fine and the scenery is superb. We had the chance to sit on the grass and enjoy our lunch to feel the nature. It is really a good experience for us Hong Kong students.
After that, we continued our sight-seeing in central London. We went to the national Gallery, Big Ben and the London Eye. We went to the Big Ben on foot, so that we wont miss the beautiful sites in London. However, there were so many people on the street and it was very difficult for us to cross the road as there were about 60 students in our group. We had to follow our mentors; instructions or else we would get lost. While we were crossing the road, 11 of us got lost. Fortunately, our senior residential assistant, Gerard was with them, therefore we were able to find them in a couple of minutes. We learnt to be co-operate with our mentors when walking and crossing roads in crowded areas as they are in charge of our society.
With the support by our mentors and classmates, we finished our journey and finally arrived at our hall. Though we had walked for the whole day and felt exhausted, we really had a great day.
Cynthia Wong (4S)
We went sight-seeing for the whole day on Saturday. In the morning, we gathered to have our breakfast and did some laundry. This was the first time for us to use the washing machine and it was easier than expected!
We gathered again for the preparation of the sight-seeing. After that, we started off. We first passed through the St James Park and reached the Buckingham Palace. We had taken a lot of photos there because the building was very grand and very beautiful.
After visiting the Buckingham Palace, we went to the National Gallery and we saw the countdown board of the London Olympics that will be held in 2012
After that, we visited the Big Ben and the London Eye. Luckily when we arrived at the Big Ben, it was 4 o’clock, and so we could experience the 4 bell sounds.
Although, we had walked for a long time, around 4 hours, and all of us were very tired, we had undoubtedly experienced a lot and sight-seeing a lot. This experience is indeed unique!
Crystal Choi (4S)
Today we had a very relaxing morning, but then we had a tight afternoon, we went around Central London for sightseeing. Instead of taking a bus or the tube, we walked for the whole journey.
Firstly, we went to the Buckingham Palace. We were impressed by the size and architecture of the palace. After that, as we had ordered sandwiches beforehand, we ate our lunch in St. Jame’s Park was really great and large, we saw people feeding ducks and squirrels climbing around. Then, we visited the Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and the National Gallery.
The city was crowded with many tourists; we had a hard time staying together as a group. When we were going to Big Ben, some members from other group were separated from their mentors. Our group was proud that we didn’t get lost and walked as a team for the whole journey. Even our mentors praised our team spirit, and we got chocolate as treats.
We walked for more than three hours today, we were extremely tired.
Rachel Chao (4A)
Today we went sightseeing. It was very interesting as it was the first time we walked to many tourist spot.
We went to places like the Trafalgar Square and saw Nelson’s column, Westminster and Westminster Abbey. We also saw the London Eye when we reached the Big Ben, it chimed four times which signifies that it was four o’clock in the afternoon.
We walked a total of five hours! So, we were definitely physically exhausted by the end of outing. This was a very new-and-tiring-experience as we don’t even walk this much in a month in Hong Kong.
Charlotte Kwok (4U)
Today was a tiring day. Firstly, we walked past Hyde Park. Hyde Park is a famous park in London and it is extremely big. We saw people doing different activities there. Some were playing football and some were reading books. If we had more time, we would like to sit down comfortably on the grass. After that, we ate lunch on the lawn of St. James Park. It was an interesting experience because there are not much suitable sites for picnic in Hong Kong. We also saw a pond with many ducky. It was amazing. Thirdly, we went to see the front gate of Buckingham Palace. It was gorgeous and when we were going to the Palace, we saw coaches with people wearing formal clothes riding on a coach too. Next, we went to Trafalgar Square. The view of Trafalgar Square was awesome and I would like to visit the National Art Gallery if we had time. After visiting the Trafalgar Square, we went to Westminster. We saw the Big Ben, London Eye and the Westminster Church. At night, we went to a Japanese restaurant and most of us ordered the chicken curry but it was too spicy. In conclusion, we walked for almost 6 hours this day and it was surely an unforgettable experience.
Rachel Ho (4S)
It has been a very tiring day. We did the laundry in the morning and then picked up our lunch. Then we headed off to the downtown for sight-seeing. It was a long walk through the Hyde Park, but we enjoyed the view along the way. We took about an hour before we reached the Buckingham Palace, which was our first stop. We stayed there for a while and then had picnic at St James Park. After that, we went to Trafalgar Square. We took a lot of pictures in front of the National Museum and the huge countdown timer for the 2012 Olympic Games. After our vote, we decided to go sight-seeing at the London Eye and Big Ben. However, there were a lot of people around, so we left soon after we took some pictures. At night, we went to a Japanese restaurant, Wagamama, for dinner. Even though the food does not taste very “Japanese”, they were of very high quality. We all enjoyed our dishes very much and had a great time there.
We have walked for 6 hours today and we were all extremely exhausted. Although we have been mourning all the way back, everyone persisted and we all reached our dorms on time. After today’s outing, we understand that persisting is very important to our lives. Being persisting, can really help us reach higher goals in the future.
Cheryl So (4A)
Today is an off-campus day and we all enjoyed it a lot. The assemble time this morning was 9:15am so all of us have had enough sleep. We had sandwiches for lunch in the St. James's Park. The park is huge and there is a large lawn with a lot of trees next to it. We all felt very delighted to be in such a beautiful and natural environment since such a large park with so many trees is very rare in Hong Kong. We also saw a squirrel and took many photos of it. After lunch, we walked to the Buckingham Palace, where the Queen lives in. In addition, we saw the royal family on the horse carriages. We then walked to Westminster and saw the Big Ben and the London Eye. The weather was also very nice.
This is absolutely an experience that I will never forget as it is the first time for me to see these famous landmarks of London. We walked for the whole day and that was very tiring but it was worth it because we have experienced so much new things. We learnt a lot about the history of England. Lastly, we have learned from this off-campus experience that we should stay close to each other as a group so that no one would get lost. In conclusion, it was a fantastic day and we all loved it.
Katherine Lam (4A)
Today I had a fabulous birthday. In the morning, one of my friends knocked on the door of my room. When I came out, many friends suddenly came out from their rooms and sang “Happy Birthday” to me. It was a great surprise. I was really happy and touched as this was the first time to have so many friends celebrating my birthday with me.
We had some sight-seeing activities today. We walked from imperial College to central London. We went to the bucking ham Palace, the Big Ben and the London Eye. Central London was really crowded and our mentors walked very quickly so it was quite difficult for us to follow them in order not to get lost in the crowd. We walked for several hours and were very tired when we were walking back to the campus. However, a few of my friends and I were still able to follow Gerald at the front of the queue. We were very proud of us for this.
Although it was an exhausting day, we got to see the beautiful sites in London and we had lots of fun.
Maggie Yam (4S)
Today we went sight-seeing in London. First, we walked along St. James’ Park, then stopped and had our lunch. The weather was very fine and the scenery is superb. We had the chance to sit on the grass and enjoy our lunch to feel the nature. It is really a good experience for us Hong Kong students.
After that, we continued our sight-seeing in central London. We went to the national Gallery, Big Ben and the London Eye. We went to the Big Ben on foot, so that we wont miss the beautiful sites in London. However, there were so many people on the street and it was very difficult for us to cross the road as there were about 60 students in our group. We had to follow our mentors; instructions or else we would get lost. While we were crossing the road, 11 of us got lost. Fortunately, our senior residential assistant, Gerard was with them, therefore we were able to find them in a couple of minutes. We learnt to be co-operate with our mentors when walking and crossing roads in crowded areas as they are in charge of our society.
With the support by our mentors and classmates, we finished our journey and finally arrived at our hall. Though we had walked for the whole day and felt exhausted, we really had a great day.
Cynthia Wong (4S)
We went sight-seeing for the whole day on Saturday. In the morning, we gathered to have our breakfast and did some laundry. This was the first time for us to use the washing machine and it was easier than expected!
We gathered again for the preparation of the sight-seeing. After that, we started off. We first passed through the St James Park and reached the Buckingham Palace. We had taken a lot of photos there because the building was very grand and very beautiful.
After visiting the Buckingham Palace, we went to the National Gallery and we saw the countdown board of the London Olympics that will be held in 2012
After that, we visited the Big Ben and the London Eye. Luckily when we arrived at the Big Ben, it was 4 o’clock, and so we could experience the 4 bell sounds.
Although, we had walked for a long time, around 4 hours, and all of us were very tired, we had undoubtedly experienced a lot and sight-seeing a lot. This experience is indeed unique!
Crystal Choi (4S)
Today we had a very relaxing morning, but then we had a tight afternoon, we went around Central London for sightseeing. Instead of taking a bus or the tube, we walked for the whole journey.
Firstly, we went to the Buckingham Palace. We were impressed by the size and architecture of the palace. After that, as we had ordered sandwiches beforehand, we ate our lunch in St. Jame’s Park was really great and large, we saw people feeding ducks and squirrels climbing around. Then, we visited the Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and the National Gallery.
The city was crowded with many tourists; we had a hard time staying together as a group. When we were going to Big Ben, some members from other group were separated from their mentors. Our group was proud that we didn’t get lost and walked as a team for the whole journey. Even our mentors praised our team spirit, and we got chocolate as treats.
We walked for more than three hours today, we were extremely tired.
Rachel Chao (4A)
Today we went sightseeing. It was very interesting as it was the first time we walked to many tourist spot.
We went to places like the Trafalgar Square and saw Nelson’s column, Westminster and Westminster Abbey. We also saw the London Eye when we reached the Big Ben, it chimed four times which signifies that it was four o’clock in the afternoon.
We walked a total of five hours! So, we were definitely physically exhausted by the end of outing. This was a very new-and-tiring-experience as we don’t even walk this much in a month in Hong Kong.
Charlotte Kwok (4U)
Today was a tiring day. Firstly, we walked past Hyde Park. Hyde Park is a famous park in London and it is extremely big. We saw people doing different activities there. Some were playing football and some were reading books. If we had more time, we would like to sit down comfortably on the grass. After that, we ate lunch on the lawn of St. James Park. It was an interesting experience because there are not much suitable sites for picnic in Hong Kong. We also saw a pond with many ducky. It was amazing. Thirdly, we went to see the front gate of Buckingham Palace. It was gorgeous and when we were going to the Palace, we saw coaches with people wearing formal clothes riding on a coach too. Next, we went to Trafalgar Square. The view of Trafalgar Square was awesome and I would like to visit the National Art Gallery if we had time. After visiting the Trafalgar Square, we went to Westminster. We saw the Big Ben, London Eye and the Westminster Church. At night, we went to a Japanese restaurant and most of us ordered the chicken curry but it was too spicy. In conclusion, we walked for almost 6 hours this day and it was surely an unforgettable experience.
Rachel Ho (4S)
It has been a very tiring day. We did the laundry in the morning and then picked up our lunch. Then we headed off to the downtown for sight-seeing. It was a long walk through the Hyde Park, but we enjoyed the view along the way. We took about an hour before we reached the Buckingham Palace, which was our first stop. We stayed there for a while and then had picnic at St James Park. After that, we went to Trafalgar Square. We took a lot of pictures in front of the National Museum and the huge countdown timer for the 2012 Olympic Games. After our vote, we decided to go sight-seeing at the London Eye and Big Ben. However, there were a lot of people around, so we left soon after we took some pictures. At night, we went to a Japanese restaurant, Wagamama, for dinner. Even though the food does not taste very “Japanese”, they were of very high quality. We all enjoyed our dishes very much and had a great time there.
We have walked for 6 hours today and we were all extremely exhausted. Although we have been mourning all the way back, everyone persisted and we all reached our dorms on time. After today’s outing, we understand that persisting is very important to our lives. Being persisting, can really help us reach higher goals in the future.
Cheryl So (4A)
Today is an off-campus day and we all enjoyed it a lot. The assemble time this morning was 9:15am so all of us have had enough sleep. We had sandwiches for lunch in the St. James's Park. The park is huge and there is a large lawn with a lot of trees next to it. We all felt very delighted to be in such a beautiful and natural environment since such a large park with so many trees is very rare in Hong Kong. We also saw a squirrel and took many photos of it. After lunch, we walked to the Buckingham Palace, where the Queen lives in. In addition, we saw the royal family on the horse carriages. We then walked to Westminster and saw the Big Ben and the London Eye. The weather was also very nice.
This is absolutely an experience that I will never forget as it is the first time for me to see these famous landmarks of London. We walked for the whole day and that was very tiring but it was worth it because we have experienced so much new things. We learnt a lot about the history of England. Lastly, we have learned from this off-campus experience that we should stay close to each other as a group so that no one would get lost. In conclusion, it was a fantastic day and we all loved it.
Katherine Lam (4A)
Today I had a fabulous birthday. In the morning, one of my friends knocked on the door of my room. When I came out, many friends suddenly came out from their rooms and sang “Happy Birthday” to me. It was a great surprise. I was really happy and touched as this was the first time to have so many friends celebrating my birthday with me.
We had some sight-seeing activities today. We walked from imperial College to central London. We went to the bucking ham Palace, the Big Ben and the London Eye. Central London was really crowded and our mentors walked very quickly so it was quite difficult for us to follow them in order not to get lost in the crowd. We walked for several hours and were very tired when we were walking back to the campus. However, a few of my friends and I were still able to follow Gerald at the front of the queue. We were very proud of us for this.
Although it was an exhausting day, we got to see the beautiful sites in London and we had lots of fun.
Friday, 8 July 2011
reflection on 8-7-2011
Reflection on 8-7-2011
Mary Suarez (4T)
Today was the last day of our chemistry course. In the morning, we had our presentation preparations and we presented in the afternoon. After dinner, we had our evening activities. We could choose what food we wanted for picnic on Sunday. We chose lots of delicious food such as cheese, ham, chocolate, grapes, oranges, bananas and some crisps. We are all very excited for our picnic on Sunday. After that, we also had a quiz night. We were divided into teams of 6. The questions consisted of science trivia, music trivia, riddles and some general knowledge. They were very challenging but also very fun to solve. We did a lot of team work and even become closer friends after the quiz. Moreover, we learnt new facts about the world and all these were very interesting. In the end, although some didn’t win, it was a great learning experience. We enjoyed it very much. We hope we can have another quiz night soon. Then we went to bed. We were very happy because we could wake up later than usual the next day, we could finally have some rest from the tiring week. We are looking forward to the weekend and the second course we are going to have next week!
Tiffany To (4A)
Today is Friday, the last day of our chemistry course and the anticipated project presentation day. In the morning, we had a lecture about project presentation skills and we learnt a lot about preparing a presentation and delivering our speeches. Then we had some times to prepare our presentations. We felt a little rushed because of the time limit and so it was a bit stressful.
When we finally got to present after lunch, we were all very nervous. However, the presentations went quite smoothly and did not turn out to be as difficult as we had thought.. All the groups did well. Some groups even researched extra information, which was very interesting. Dr. Melanie gave us a few comments and criticisms. We will definitely remember them for future presentations. Then we had a brief introduction to the Maths course we would have next week. It seems really interesting and we are all very excited.
Cheryl Chong (4T)
Today was our first presentation day. We were very worried about it, therefore we woke up an hour in advance to prepare for it.
We were challenged to the limit as we only had a little over an hour to finish making the PowerPoint. Everyone was working full speed ahead. However, when time was up, things were looking a bit bleak, but we were given half an hour after lunch to polish it.
The presentations went really well. We received encouraging comments from our course leaders and mentors as well as Alan West, CEO of the Reach Out Lab of Imperial College. They gave us interesting additional knowledge on the topics we presented and were pleased that we had finally opened up.
In the evening, we had a quiz. We were divided into groups of six. The quiz comprised of several rounds, including rounds testing our general knowledge, our geography and our abilities to look at a bigger picture. We were awarded points for each round. The best three groups got exclusive prices while the rest got none, but was overall, ‘Jolly Good Fun’!
Joey Chu (4S)
Today was a really special day for all of us as we are going to have our presentations. Although we have been really tired walking back from the cinema last night, we were still very concentrated when we were preparing for our projects. It was the first time for us to finish a project involving researching, finishing the PowerPoint as well as the script within such a short time, which is roughly two hours! We usually have at least a week’s time to prepare at school. This has been a really great challenge for all of us. While preparing for this presentation, our attitudes towards doing a project have changed a lot. Unlike those presentations we had in Hong Kong, there is an additional part of Q&A in here. Under this “pressure”, we did our project not only for doing the presentation, but had a move in-depth study on the topic we were assigned. Then, we will be able to face challenges or questions raised by other audiences or teachers. This week, we are only presenting our project in front of our peers. We hope that next week, when we are presenting in front of a lot more people, we will have more preparation and confidence.
Isa Hung (4T)
Sadly, it was already the fifth day of our journey at Imperial College. Today it was our presentation day, where we would present all the knowledge we have learnt throughout the week to our fellow classmates and course leaders.
In the morning, we got some time for presentation preparation. We further discussed on our particular topics with our group mates, and the academic mentors were around to give different groups some advice on their presentations. Thus helped us improve our projects and make them a better one.
In the afternoon, we had our presentation. We were all very nervous to speak in front of such a big crowd. We applied the presentation skill learnt yesterday and tired our very best to give a good presentation. Besides, we also learnt to think flexibly in order to answer problems and questions posed by professors and course leaders. Furthermore, we learnt to appreciate others presentations and gained much from theirs.
After dinner we had a quiz night. We were divided into groups of six to answer questions from different aspects, such as science, music, geography and history. We learnt to cooperate and to raise our awareness to things around us. After the activity, we learnt that we really have to broaden our horizons and have a more diversified development.
Tomorrow is Saturday and we will be having an outing. We do really look forward to it!
Karen Ho (4T)
Today was our fifth day at Imperial College. This was a very special day as we had to do our presentations. We were all very frightened as we have to speak in front of professors, course leaders, mentors, teachers and classmates.
After breakfast, we were given time to prepare for our presentation. We further discussed about our projects so as to strive for the best. The mentors were so kind that they gave us help and advice.
In the afternoon, we had our presentations. Although we were all very nervous at the beginning, we managed to overcome the presentation smoothly. We learnt to appreciate others’ presentations and gained a lot from them. I hope that after this experience, we would have a better presentation in front of the bigger crowd next week.
Today was the last day that we spent with our academic mentor, Dawit. He was so friendly and kind. He helped us a lot throughout the week and was very patient in teaching us, I would really like to thank him for guiding us throughout the week.
Next week, we will be having chemistry lesson, and I am really looking forward to it!
Mary Suarez (4T)
Today was the last day of our chemistry course. In the morning, we had our presentation preparations and we presented in the afternoon. After dinner, we had our evening activities. We could choose what food we wanted for picnic on Sunday. We chose lots of delicious food such as cheese, ham, chocolate, grapes, oranges, bananas and some crisps. We are all very excited for our picnic on Sunday. After that, we also had a quiz night. We were divided into teams of 6. The questions consisted of science trivia, music trivia, riddles and some general knowledge. They were very challenging but also very fun to solve. We did a lot of team work and even become closer friends after the quiz. Moreover, we learnt new facts about the world and all these were very interesting. In the end, although some didn’t win, it was a great learning experience. We enjoyed it very much. We hope we can have another quiz night soon. Then we went to bed. We were very happy because we could wake up later than usual the next day, we could finally have some rest from the tiring week. We are looking forward to the weekend and the second course we are going to have next week!
Tiffany To (4A)
Today is Friday, the last day of our chemistry course and the anticipated project presentation day. In the morning, we had a lecture about project presentation skills and we learnt a lot about preparing a presentation and delivering our speeches. Then we had some times to prepare our presentations. We felt a little rushed because of the time limit and so it was a bit stressful.
When we finally got to present after lunch, we were all very nervous. However, the presentations went quite smoothly and did not turn out to be as difficult as we had thought.. All the groups did well. Some groups even researched extra information, which was very interesting. Dr. Melanie gave us a few comments and criticisms. We will definitely remember them for future presentations. Then we had a brief introduction to the Maths course we would have next week. It seems really interesting and we are all very excited.
Cheryl Chong (4T)
Today was our first presentation day. We were very worried about it, therefore we woke up an hour in advance to prepare for it.
We were challenged to the limit as we only had a little over an hour to finish making the PowerPoint. Everyone was working full speed ahead. However, when time was up, things were looking a bit bleak, but we were given half an hour after lunch to polish it.
The presentations went really well. We received encouraging comments from our course leaders and mentors as well as Alan West, CEO of the Reach Out Lab of Imperial College. They gave us interesting additional knowledge on the topics we presented and were pleased that we had finally opened up.
In the evening, we had a quiz. We were divided into groups of six. The quiz comprised of several rounds, including rounds testing our general knowledge, our geography and our abilities to look at a bigger picture. We were awarded points for each round. The best three groups got exclusive prices while the rest got none, but was overall, ‘Jolly Good Fun’!
Joey Chu (4S)
Today was a really special day for all of us as we are going to have our presentations. Although we have been really tired walking back from the cinema last night, we were still very concentrated when we were preparing for our projects. It was the first time for us to finish a project involving researching, finishing the PowerPoint as well as the script within such a short time, which is roughly two hours! We usually have at least a week’s time to prepare at school. This has been a really great challenge for all of us. While preparing for this presentation, our attitudes towards doing a project have changed a lot. Unlike those presentations we had in Hong Kong, there is an additional part of Q&A in here. Under this “pressure”, we did our project not only for doing the presentation, but had a move in-depth study on the topic we were assigned. Then, we will be able to face challenges or questions raised by other audiences or teachers. This week, we are only presenting our project in front of our peers. We hope that next week, when we are presenting in front of a lot more people, we will have more preparation and confidence.
Isa Hung (4T)
Sadly, it was already the fifth day of our journey at Imperial College. Today it was our presentation day, where we would present all the knowledge we have learnt throughout the week to our fellow classmates and course leaders.
In the morning, we got some time for presentation preparation. We further discussed on our particular topics with our group mates, and the academic mentors were around to give different groups some advice on their presentations. Thus helped us improve our projects and make them a better one.
In the afternoon, we had our presentation. We were all very nervous to speak in front of such a big crowd. We applied the presentation skill learnt yesterday and tired our very best to give a good presentation. Besides, we also learnt to think flexibly in order to answer problems and questions posed by professors and course leaders. Furthermore, we learnt to appreciate others presentations and gained much from theirs.
After dinner we had a quiz night. We were divided into groups of six to answer questions from different aspects, such as science, music, geography and history. We learnt to cooperate and to raise our awareness to things around us. After the activity, we learnt that we really have to broaden our horizons and have a more diversified development.
Tomorrow is Saturday and we will be having an outing. We do really look forward to it!
Karen Ho (4T)
Today was our fifth day at Imperial College. This was a very special day as we had to do our presentations. We were all very frightened as we have to speak in front of professors, course leaders, mentors, teachers and classmates.
After breakfast, we were given time to prepare for our presentation. We further discussed about our projects so as to strive for the best. The mentors were so kind that they gave us help and advice.
In the afternoon, we had our presentations. Although we were all very nervous at the beginning, we managed to overcome the presentation smoothly. We learnt to appreciate others’ presentations and gained a lot from them. I hope that after this experience, we would have a better presentation in front of the bigger crowd next week.
Today was the last day that we spent with our academic mentor, Dawit. He was so friendly and kind. He helped us a lot throughout the week and was very patient in teaching us, I would really like to thank him for guiding us throughout the week.
Next week, we will be having chemistry lesson, and I am really looking forward to it!
Thursday, 7 July 2011
reflection on 7-7-2011
Reflection on 7-7-2011
Ivy Young (4T)
Today is the last day that we have our chemistry lesson before the presentation. We made jelly during lesson and it was fun. Through this we learnt about the effects of enzymatic activities on jelly. We also tried to add different types of enzymes into cloudy apple juice to make it clear We started preparing tomorrow’s presentation and we were all working well with our group members. Our academic mentors were nice and they guided us throughout our lessons. We will definitely miss them as we will be having a different academic mentor next week. After dinner, we played games in the park near our dormitory. We went to a cinema for a movie. It was a tiring but great day and we all enjoyed it. We are all looking forward to the presentation day.
Kathy Yu (4P)
We had lots of fun in our chemistry lessons today. We had lots of chances for doing experiments here and through these, we had learnt to cooperate with our laboratory partners. We did experiments on titrations today which we had previously learnt in our school and therefore the experiments were quite easy for us to handle, because some of our classmates had broken laboratory apparatus such as burettes and measuring cylinders during lessons .Luckily, the academic mentors were so nice that they told us not to worry about it. We really need to say thank you to them and all the teachers for their hard work in preparing the lessons and teaching us with patience.
At night, we went to a cinema to watch a movie. It was really a unique experience to have the chance to go to a local cinema. The advertisements before the starting of the movie lasted for a longer time as compared to those in Hong Kong. Although we were very tired after the long distance travelled, we enjoyed the movie very much and we look forward to listening to the presentations of our classmates tomorrow.
Debby Chau (4S)
Today we had our last day of the mathematics course as we have to do a presentation on what we have learnt during our course, therefore Gerard, the Senior Residential Assistant, gave us a lecture on what was expected of us in our presentation. He also reminded us on some basic presentation skills.
After this, we headed off to learn about game theories. We played a game called “Red vs Blue”. We had to anticipate our opponents’ moves, so that we can choose the correct colour to win. The game was very exciting and we hoped that we could play this game again. We also played a game about trading, which was supposed to reflect real business trade. We learnt about how the stock market worked. We are all looking forward to the presentation tomorrow.
Hilda Fung (4S)
This morning, we had a brief introduction on presentation skills given by Mr. Gerard Hughes. He gave us an overall picture of what we should do for our presentations. We started to feel more comfortable about tomorrow’s presentation. We were also impressed by Mr. Hughs because he did not use ant script during his talk, which was different from what we usually do for our presentations at school.
In today’s maths lesson, we played games as an introduction to the topic “Game Theory”. We were very involved in the game and we participated in it actively.
After lunch, we learned about the Taylor Series to solve complex differential equations. Not all of us could fully understand the concept of differentiation, so the professor explained to us in detail.
Today was our last maths lesson. We were thankful for Mr. Nazmus Haq’s teaching and his patience with us.
Isa Hung (4T)
This is our fourth day at Imperial College, attending Mathematics course. We started get used to our daily routine, and the challenging Mathematics lessons. However, it was our last day of having our Math course. We will be swapping to Chemistry next week and will have our presentations on different topics tomorrow.
In the morning, we attended a talk on presentation skills after breakfast. Through the talk, we knew more about our course leaders’ expectations on our projects, and some reminders on presentation skills such as how to interact with the audience and not to read from scripts. We learnt that presentations are not just script-readings, but rather to share with others what we learnt and be familiar with our topics.
After that, we had the Game Theory section. At the beginning of the lesson, we started off with a game called ‘Blue and Red’. Through this game, we found that games are not just for entertainment, they do combine tactics and luck. Mathematics is much more fun than we thought, after all.
After lunch, as usual, we continued our lessons. The topic was mathematical rainbow. This lesson was quite a hard one as this was a brand new topic which we hadn’t learnt before. We learnt that we should ask the course leaders and mentors if we have any doubts on a solution.
The evening programme was fantastic. We walked to the cinema and watched a movie called ‘Larry Crowne’. In the movie, Larry got fired from his company and decided to go back to college to elevate his qualification. He persisted and finally found his ideal goal, and successfully achieved it. In reality, we should learn from Larry. When facing despairing situations, we should be persistent and have a positive attitude to overcome it.
We all returned to our halls late. Though we were extremely tired, we were blissful.
Karen Ho (4T)
In the morning, we went to listen to a talk on presentation skills. It prepared us for tomorrow’s presentation. We learnt that presentations are not just reading from scripts, but rather to have interactions with the audience. We hope that through this presentation, we can share with others things that we have learnt.
After that, we had a lesson on game theory. This was a very interesting section as we learnt the theories through playing games. We found that mathematics is not only a compulsory subject we take in school, but it could also be applied to our daily lives, and it is definitely useful.
After lunch, we continued our mathematics lesson on mathematical rainbow. It was quite a difficult lesson as the contents weren’t covered in school previously. We learnt that when facing challenges, we should take the initiative to approach the course leaders and mentors, so that we could find a way to solve the problem.
Lastly, we went off campus at night to the cinema, to enjoy a movie called ‘ Larry Crowne’. As there was no subtitle, all of us tried our best to listen to the conversations so that we could understand the movie. This improved our English listening skills.
Finally, the day was ended, tired but fruitful.
Natalie So (4T)
Today’s chemistry lesson was about complex ion and titration. This tirtration was very special to us because such titration was not the same as the acid-base titration we normally did at school. The aim of the titration we carried out was to find out the amount of copper in a 2-pence UK coin.
We learned a lot from this experiment. We learned how to strive for accuracy in experiments. Moreover, we learned to cooperate with our team members to carry out the experiment successfully and smoothly. Also, we had the chance to have a hand-on experience on special chemicals and some dangerous reactions.
All in all, today is a very meaningful day and we learned a lot of new knowledge about chemistry.
Rosanna Li (4S)
This is our 4th day at Imperial College. In the morning, all of us attended a lecture about presentation skills. This is vital for us because on Friday, we are going to present our project about the different aspects of chemistry that we have learnt during this eek. We learnt that the three main rules of making a presentation is that firstly, we should tell the audiences what you are about to present. Secondly, we have to present our content in great detail. Thirdly, we need to summarise our presentation. These three steps are really useful because in the future we can use this knowledge learnt when we present our projects on other subjects.
After the lecture, we had our last chemistry lesson where we did some experiments on mixing jellies with fruit juice to test for the effect of different pH on enzymes. We also learnt more about factors affecting the action of enzymes.
We really treasure this day because this was our last lesson with Dr. Melanie and our tutors, Jayne and Barnaby. We had a great time with them and we took some pictures with them, too. In the evening, we all went out to the cinema to watch a really nice movie.
This was a fruitful and enjoyable week. Hope that our presentation tomorrow can run smoothly and successfully.
Ivy Young (4T)
Today is the last day that we have our chemistry lesson before the presentation. We made jelly during lesson and it was fun. Through this we learnt about the effects of enzymatic activities on jelly. We also tried to add different types of enzymes into cloudy apple juice to make it clear We started preparing tomorrow’s presentation and we were all working well with our group members. Our academic mentors were nice and they guided us throughout our lessons. We will definitely miss them as we will be having a different academic mentor next week. After dinner, we played games in the park near our dormitory. We went to a cinema for a movie. It was a tiring but great day and we all enjoyed it. We are all looking forward to the presentation day.
Kathy Yu (4P)
We had lots of fun in our chemistry lessons today. We had lots of chances for doing experiments here and through these, we had learnt to cooperate with our laboratory partners. We did experiments on titrations today which we had previously learnt in our school and therefore the experiments were quite easy for us to handle, because some of our classmates had broken laboratory apparatus such as burettes and measuring cylinders during lessons .Luckily, the academic mentors were so nice that they told us not to worry about it. We really need to say thank you to them and all the teachers for their hard work in preparing the lessons and teaching us with patience.
At night, we went to a cinema to watch a movie. It was really a unique experience to have the chance to go to a local cinema. The advertisements before the starting of the movie lasted for a longer time as compared to those in Hong Kong. Although we were very tired after the long distance travelled, we enjoyed the movie very much and we look forward to listening to the presentations of our classmates tomorrow.
Debby Chau (4S)
Today we had our last day of the mathematics course as we have to do a presentation on what we have learnt during our course, therefore Gerard, the Senior Residential Assistant, gave us a lecture on what was expected of us in our presentation. He also reminded us on some basic presentation skills.
After this, we headed off to learn about game theories. We played a game called “Red vs Blue”. We had to anticipate our opponents’ moves, so that we can choose the correct colour to win. The game was very exciting and we hoped that we could play this game again. We also played a game about trading, which was supposed to reflect real business trade. We learnt about how the stock market worked. We are all looking forward to the presentation tomorrow.
Hilda Fung (4S)
This morning, we had a brief introduction on presentation skills given by Mr. Gerard Hughes. He gave us an overall picture of what we should do for our presentations. We started to feel more comfortable about tomorrow’s presentation. We were also impressed by Mr. Hughs because he did not use ant script during his talk, which was different from what we usually do for our presentations at school.
In today’s maths lesson, we played games as an introduction to the topic “Game Theory”. We were very involved in the game and we participated in it actively.
After lunch, we learned about the Taylor Series to solve complex differential equations. Not all of us could fully understand the concept of differentiation, so the professor explained to us in detail.
Today was our last maths lesson. We were thankful for Mr. Nazmus Haq’s teaching and his patience with us.
Isa Hung (4T)
This is our fourth day at Imperial College, attending Mathematics course. We started get used to our daily routine, and the challenging Mathematics lessons. However, it was our last day of having our Math course. We will be swapping to Chemistry next week and will have our presentations on different topics tomorrow.
In the morning, we attended a talk on presentation skills after breakfast. Through the talk, we knew more about our course leaders’ expectations on our projects, and some reminders on presentation skills such as how to interact with the audience and not to read from scripts. We learnt that presentations are not just script-readings, but rather to share with others what we learnt and be familiar with our topics.
After that, we had the Game Theory section. At the beginning of the lesson, we started off with a game called ‘Blue and Red’. Through this game, we found that games are not just for entertainment, they do combine tactics and luck. Mathematics is much more fun than we thought, after all.
After lunch, as usual, we continued our lessons. The topic was mathematical rainbow. This lesson was quite a hard one as this was a brand new topic which we hadn’t learnt before. We learnt that we should ask the course leaders and mentors if we have any doubts on a solution.
The evening programme was fantastic. We walked to the cinema and watched a movie called ‘Larry Crowne’. In the movie, Larry got fired from his company and decided to go back to college to elevate his qualification. He persisted and finally found his ideal goal, and successfully achieved it. In reality, we should learn from Larry. When facing despairing situations, we should be persistent and have a positive attitude to overcome it.
We all returned to our halls late. Though we were extremely tired, we were blissful.
Karen Ho (4T)
In the morning, we went to listen to a talk on presentation skills. It prepared us for tomorrow’s presentation. We learnt that presentations are not just reading from scripts, but rather to have interactions with the audience. We hope that through this presentation, we can share with others things that we have learnt.
After that, we had a lesson on game theory. This was a very interesting section as we learnt the theories through playing games. We found that mathematics is not only a compulsory subject we take in school, but it could also be applied to our daily lives, and it is definitely useful.
After lunch, we continued our mathematics lesson on mathematical rainbow. It was quite a difficult lesson as the contents weren’t covered in school previously. We learnt that when facing challenges, we should take the initiative to approach the course leaders and mentors, so that we could find a way to solve the problem.
Lastly, we went off campus at night to the cinema, to enjoy a movie called ‘ Larry Crowne’. As there was no subtitle, all of us tried our best to listen to the conversations so that we could understand the movie. This improved our English listening skills.
Finally, the day was ended, tired but fruitful.
Natalie So (4T)
Today’s chemistry lesson was about complex ion and titration. This tirtration was very special to us because such titration was not the same as the acid-base titration we normally did at school. The aim of the titration we carried out was to find out the amount of copper in a 2-pence UK coin.
We learned a lot from this experiment. We learned how to strive for accuracy in experiments. Moreover, we learned to cooperate with our team members to carry out the experiment successfully and smoothly. Also, we had the chance to have a hand-on experience on special chemicals and some dangerous reactions.
All in all, today is a very meaningful day and we learned a lot of new knowledge about chemistry.
Rosanna Li (4S)
This is our 4th day at Imperial College. In the morning, all of us attended a lecture about presentation skills. This is vital for us because on Friday, we are going to present our project about the different aspects of chemistry that we have learnt during this eek. We learnt that the three main rules of making a presentation is that firstly, we should tell the audiences what you are about to present. Secondly, we have to present our content in great detail. Thirdly, we need to summarise our presentation. These three steps are really useful because in the future we can use this knowledge learnt when we present our projects on other subjects.
After the lecture, we had our last chemistry lesson where we did some experiments on mixing jellies with fruit juice to test for the effect of different pH on enzymes. We also learnt more about factors affecting the action of enzymes.
We really treasure this day because this was our last lesson with Dr. Melanie and our tutors, Jayne and Barnaby. We had a great time with them and we took some pictures with them, too. In the evening, we all went out to the cinema to watch a really nice movie.
This was a fruitful and enjoyable week. Hope that our presentation tomorrow can run smoothly and successfully.
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