Ping

summer of 2011. Just like the setting scene of the book Ping, it was the beginning of life to come that was all we knew. When everything in the pond was pure bliss, life was wonderful to say the least. It seemed as though nothing could be a problem and that life was kind and no one really knew what lie ahead. Everything at the pond was laidback, easy-going, and full of contentment for everyone but Ping as we later come to find out. Little did I or Ping knew this was just the beginning of change.…

is Jiang Qi Ping, everyone calls him Ping, of course I call him grandpa Ping because he is my grandpa. After 14 years, my grandpa passed away from lung cancer. The day after his funeral, my grandma told me that grandpa Ping kept all my letters that I have sent him over all the years when I was in America. I never thought that he would do keep all of my letters, this tells me that we have a strong relationship and he loves me very much. There are many different lessons that grandpa Ping…

This book is a troubling tale about a young girl named Xing Xing. She was a girl who lived in a cave just outside of the village with Wei Ping, half-sister, and stepmother. After her mother and father died she became a slave to her stepmother and half-sister. There are a lot of Chinese traditions in this story, which help tell about Xing Xing’s life. Some are very unique and while others are similar to the United States culture. The story starts out with Xing Xing cleaning her family’s house.…

Great Grandma’s Basement Spending time with family is always important and meaningful, but lately I’ve realized these moments won’t last forever. Significant people pass away and we must move on. By significant people, I’m referring to my great grandma Viola. While I was serving at her funeral a year ago, tears flowing down my face, I reminisced about the glorious times I spent at her house, especially Christmas six years ago. Because my cousins and I live thirty minutes away from each other and…

The feeling that I would feel if I found out that my mother didn’t want me because she had too many kids would be unbearable. In Mulberry child Jian Ping says “I wasn’t supposed to be born. My mother didn’t want me, not at first. She tried to get rid of me, but I was stubborn.” (Ping 5) Her mother Gu Wenxiu tried to have an abortion but in that time period they encouraged people to have as many children as possible. She even tired things on her own. Things such swinging off the monkey bars and…

At the time it was held in Bombay and Marty was 22 years old. He had no problem making his way to the semi-finals where he was matched with, Hiroji Satoh. Hiroji was using a special paddle that was new to ping pong. It was a sponge that was basically glued to the side of the paddle, adding more tracking to get more spin on the ball. This paddle seemed to be Marty’s kryptonite because he ended up losing the match 1-3. He knew there was no way to stop the…

use sonar pings of different animals, and this had no affect on the whales. How would this not affect them if they depend on sonar pings from other animals just to survive? After all, the claim that sonar noises do not affect animals does not apply. I think this because of many reasons, but one reason is that they were very repetitive about their claims, making me believe they didn't have many ways to prove that these beautiful, magnificent animals are not affected by these sonar pings. I still…

Young and Restless in China In the documentary Young and Restless in China, Wei Zhanyan is a young Chinese migrant worker who left her home in rural China at 13 to work at an industrial park near Beijing. In the film, Zhanyan explains that she was sent away by her parents to help support her family and pay for her brother's education. Working and living so far away from her family gives Zhanyan a sense independence but also causes a great deal of sadness and anxiety. Despite the sadness she…

Purpose: Measuring ‘g’ by dropping steel ball and Ping-Pong ball from the same height and record the time for each dropping. Then, using the equation “h=1/2g*t^2 to calculate ‘g’. For precise, we still need to find ∆g, therefore, the final data about g=gave+∆g. Method: Before we start to do the experiment, we need to find a position which can except the wind and flat ground. After that, two people as a group, one is a golfer, and another is a dropper. First, they measured use tape measure to…

common ground and there are a collection of two individuals who have worked or currently work in law enforcement: Christopher who is an active officer and David who is a retired officer. There are also three ex-felons who have served time in prison: Ping (thirteen years for robbery), Chan (nine years for being involved in many violent acts), and Timothy (three years for handling drugs). Each person gives their stances on why they feel they have been treated unjustly. The purpose of this video is…