Author:
Lowell Ling, Gr. 7Group leader:
Mrs. PushcarnaFormat: Perspective writing:
The Big Goose PagodaWeather:
hot day, 31oC
Date: April, 21, 98
Ah! Another day of Sun shine, another day of people...I was here for around 1200 years already, and past the last hundred years, a lot of people came, and visited me. Over the years, I gained dust on my walls, steps and floor. Not only dust, but also spat!!!! As the winds blow towards me, it helps me get rid of the dust, so I really like the winds. I was standing alone for 1200 years, except for the shop owner.
Sometimes, old people are much "nicer" than young kids, because of how they treat me. You might think that young kids have less weight, but...they fool around as they walk on me. If I was unlucky, I would get some injuries too!!! Ouch!! That kid over there just broke one of my steps in the front gate. I told you. Old people would just take a nice walk up the stairs. Once people got up the stairs, to the very top floor, they would feel a warm nice breeze. Also they could take dozens of pictures from my criss-crossed windows. From my windows, people could see an excellent view of the Xi'an city. Finally, people are leaving now, and I feel like "I have something lifted off my shoulders".
At night, it's really calm and silent around my walls. All the shops are closed, and theirs not a lot of movement. Actually, myself, I like the view from my windows at night than day, because the lights that shine at night, which are the city lights, is really interesting, some dim, bright, and some change to different lights!!
After all, I am still one old pagoda, and also a historical site! It doesn't really matter if I'm hurt or not, as long as people could learn form me!!
Wow what day, We had to go to the pagoda and a mosque. First we went to the Big Goose Pagoda. We got to climb it and it was long 7 floors and we got use a telescope but we had to pay $1 and it was not that good. It was fun to look at it and fun to see outside from the window. Then we went back to the hotel and I always wish I were home and play some games but it is not. We stayed there for a 1-hour so we were ready for a lot of walking. My roommates were playing and I was sleeping. Then we went to the mosque and there was some interesting stuff. I was the only one allowed to go in because I am muslin and I could take pictures. It was nice to see an old mosque and I got some nice hats but they're for my dad and brother. After that my team went shopping and the street shops and I got some things for my family. Every thing is very cheap here and you can barging down like I went for $65 to 20 it was easy just makes your price and walk a way and you will get your price. To bad you can't do that in Hong Kong or USA. After the mosque we went to the hotel and play games. Half an hour later we went to KFC and eat dinner there. The problem there is that they don't have good food. I wonder how they can live here with all this dirt. But after the KFC we went to this dance it was good and the dance was nice. There was music that was live, acting and dances. I learned about the Han Dynesty and I found out that the Xian was the Han Dynesty and there was an emperor that ruled it.