The Traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony
Tips for a Perfect Chinese Tea Ceremony
The Asian cultures are perfectionists by definition so when performing a tea ceremony everything needs to be perfect. For each tea ceremony starts with preparing in advance the right atmosphere, the necessary tools and especially taking time to prepare your soul for the entire ritual.
When performing a traditional Chinese tea ceremony there are six important aspects to be taken into account before actually performing it.
Are parents the best teachers?
Would you agree or not that parents are the best people to teach their kids. Your answer should be supported with reasons and examples.
A well known fact indicates the notion of education being the first by importance in our life. In today’s reality people may be bound to the concern that parents are skilled enough to give education to their children. However, others believe that professionals like teachers are the best option for teaching children as they are more in it. Though the first statement may has its beneficial aspects I still firmly stay on the side of the idea that parents are not the best teachers.
Nowadays teachers are the fuel of our environment. They lie in the roots of this system as they teach the next generation which stands for the engine of this system. Consequently they stand this position as they have qualified education in the sphere of teaching and physiology also whit accumulated experience of communicating with children which generates various of different strategies and approaches. They spread their knowledge of their fields with the skills required for teaching. Hence, this is mainly why teachers are best teachers.
Another reason why I agree with the above statement is that I strongly believe that communication between children in the class atmosphere is one of the most important part of education. Otherwise speaking children should be familiar with the atmosphere of a class as much as they can experience competition, know how to share their ideas without hesitation and gain self-confident. In other words, children can not improve their social skills while they have education at home.
In general although some people may disagree, my subjective judgment follows the perspective that it is not fair to keep your child at home while his or her friends are going to school and having new friends. For instance, when a child becomes a teenager, he or she wants to spend time with his or her friends, share feelings etc. If the child is not going to the school, he or she will not have so many friends so it is hard to do things like that I mentioned. This puts a big pressure on the child and cause him or her feeling alone.
Teens working
In certain countries it is commonplace for teenagers to combine part-time or weekend jobs with their studies. Would you say this practice is good or bad? Your opinion as well as your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing should be supported with examples.
Meeting expenses while being a student has been a challenge. Doing a part-time work to accommodate daily needs has advantages as well as disadvantages which need to be weighed before making a choice.
The benefits are both fee payment and additional pocket money. In this expensive world, paying a course fee is a hard task for the lower and alseo middle class society. Hence, part-time jobs or weekend jobs have become one of the only sources of income for students. Another important reason is having some pocket money for personal expenditure. Nearly everybody likes to have extra cash at their disposal, because it gives some flexibility and independence in buying things they want in order to satisfy their little desires.
On the other side of the spectrum, working after studies can cause stress and also negatively interfere your studies. Doing some work after school may badly affect on students mental and physical activities. Further, health disorder could lead to depression and increased anxiety. Another problem is a distraction from the mainstream which is education. Few students are able to combine their part-time jobs with education without losing a huge part of the time which they ought to focus on their studies.
Having given a thought to both views I still firmly adhere to the view that doing additional work is in some ways an important part of students life. The students from the families who have poor financial background have to balance their time between earning extra money and studying which is not a easy task. Though, it is difficult it is also valuable because part-time or weekend jobs give some experience and also increases ones sense of responsibility.
Energy consumption
Mostly the energy is being generated from burning nonrenewable resources, but there are also other ways of getting energy. So why shell we save energy when there are so many ways of getting it? As I have mentioned, mostly todays energy is generated from burning nonrenewable resources such as oil, gas and petrol. If these resourses are used they are gone forever. Looking the statistics of using these resources we see, that every year we use them more and more. So soon, there will remain nothing...
Nowaday people must understand the seriousness of the problem. We must save our resources. And we must look forward to using renewable energy such as solar energy, wind energy, the energy from hydrogen and fuel cells, geothermal energy etc. We must change our way of getting energy. But these are global changes. What can you do now to fight against the problem? What can I do to save energy? Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Change your travel behaviour, think more in terms of public transportation, if possible, walk or ride your bicycle instead of taking the car.
- Reduce your house heat by 1C, keep the windows closed while heating, dress warmly.
- Choose products that come with lightweight packaging.
- Turn off lights and appliances when you are not using them, use energy-saving light bulbs.
- Reuse plastic bags for shopping and storage.
- Use a microwave instead of a stove to reheat food
- Use rechargeable batteries instead of disposable batteries.
Այսօր ես անում եմ իմ քայլը | Today I am taking my step
Այսօր ես անում եմ իմ քայլը։ Այս խորագրով եմ սկսում իմ մտորումը։ Այսօր մենք հաղթել ենք։ Սա հոգու, մտքի հաղթանակ է։ Ես՝ լինելով պատանի, այսօր նոր շունչ եմ զգում, նոր թարմություն։ Բազմիցս մտածել եմ արտերկրում աշխատելու մասին՝ տեսնելով երկրիս ճահճացած, լճացած վիճակը, գիտությամբ զբաղվող մարդու ազատության և իրավունքի ոտնահարումը։ Այս ամենը այլևս անցյալում է։ Այսօր ես շնչում եմ, հոգուս մեջ մեծ տոն է, այսօր ես այլևս այլ կերպ եմ մտածում։ Իմ մարտնչո՛ղ, պայքարո՛ղ, հալածվա՛ծ իմ հա՛յ ժողովուրդ , այլևս այցյալում են իմ մտքերը։ Ե՛ս, սովորելու եմ Հայաստանում, անելու եմ ուժերիս ներածի չափով և ավելին, որ կերտեմ, զարգացնեմ ի՛մ երկիրը՝ ներդնելով իմ ուժը և կորովը գիտության բնագավառում։
Այսօր մենք կերտում ենք մի նոր պատմություն: Հպա՛րտ եմ որ հայ եմ։
Good health and well-being
Nowdays, people don't pey attention on good health and well-being as they did some years ago. As medicine has become overgrown enough to solve a lot of problems about people health, they start depending on medicine. Besides our carelessness, the ecology of our planet, GMO food, fast food, even inovation technologies also affect on our good health. Some years ago people were used to doing morning exersises, runing, eating helty food, but now I am sad to see the fact that we are progresivly forgeting about this smal but also very important things.
Today is August 4
August 4, 2018
10:00 am. Clock is alarming near my ear so loud that I olny have to wake up. After washing and dressing I looked through the window. Nothing unusual, just a summer hot day. But after 2 minutes I am absolutely woken up and understand that today is my little brothers birthday. I also remember that I have to do something very important` to buy a pleasant present for him.
12:00 am. I am taking money from my shelf and hurrying to a shop. After hurrying I understand that I don't know what to buy. FInally after going from a shop to another one I am buying a watch.
5:00 pm. I reached home. When tryed to sit in an armcheir my father came into the sitting room and said that I shall go to shop in order to buy some juice. I put up with it and went to the shop.
5:30 pm. I am finally at home. Now I am realy sick of shops. I don't even want to hear the word "shop". I am trying to sit in the armcheir. At last I didn't, because mother told me to take the rubish and throw it in the rubish container. I just smiled, because the rubish containter is near the shop.
5:40 pm. I am at home, but I don't want to sit in the armcheir, because I am afraid to be told to do something related to shops. I am just passing time by watching films waiting the guests come.
6:30 pm. The main part of the day. Music, dancing, playing, eating etc.
23:30. I have run out of energy. I just want to sleep. After a few minutes I am in bed, but I can't sleep because I am thinking. Midnight thoughts... Soon I will be in the 12th grade, and after a year in AUA, because I have already gained high marks from both of the tests` TOEFL and AUA-math.
00:30 am. I have finished thinking and it is already a new day. August 5, 2018` my father's birthday...
August 4, 2026
I remember how I wanted to create my own company in IT sphere. Now I am studying in AUA, but I also have my own company. As it is 3:00 pm, I am in my office. My office isn't big, but I think it will became bigger in years. There are just 5 workers in my company, I don't even know is this a company or not. I think it is like a start-up group, but I hope that soon I won't think so.
August 4, 2094
Hi from future. I am an artificial intelligence version 9.12.141 or just Z. Now David. Is sleeping in time capsul and will be awaked in 2150. I hope that you doesn't have any very importat things to tell him.
Short story marathon
It was a winter night. Everyone was celebrating New Year, except a ghost whose name was Andy. He was living in the cave near the Vikings’ village. He was fond of scaring people. As usual he was going to frighten Vikings. Suddenly he heard a voice. ‘Come here and I will make you alive!’. Andy was afraid but it was also challenging. He slowly went towards that voice and found a Vikings’ helmet. It was magic helmet not usual, but he didn’t think long and put the helmet on as he wanted to become alive again. He got body and memories of a Viking whose helmet was lying. Something moved him to the Vikings’ ship, it was the memories of the Viking who has lost everything except his helmet in the sea. When he got on board of the ship the wind blew the sail. It was cold and the sea was calm. Andy was happy on board of the ship, but didn’t last long. His mood changed as fast as the cloud became grey and the rain started. It was raining very hard, the sea became creasy and waves were as strong as the thunder in the black sky. Andy picked up the telescope which was lying on the board of the ship and saw that his ship was going to the whirlpool! He couldn’t do anything. The whirlpool was pulling the ship like a magnet. Andy lost his mood and turned pale. He was ready to die. Finally the whirlpool dried the ship. Sea calmed and Andy’s ship was nowhere to see. It was dark, but a beam fell to Andy’s face. Andy woke up. He was so surprised that he was still alive, and not only for that. He woke up in a cave under the sea. He could hardly stand, but when he took some steps he saw a giant iron gates which were open. He entered, but there was nothing, only walls and some traps which were going somewhere. Andy understood that it was a labyrinth. He had nothing to do, but to overcome it. Two days passed. Andy was very hungry and tired, but he hadn’t overcome the labyrinth yet. He failed down. But he didn’t want to die. He stood up and began fighting in order to stay alive. Some time later, when he was hardly walking he saw an old poor man with a long beard. He hurried to that old poor man and said. ‘Who are you? What is happening here?’ The man said with a very weak voice. ‘I am a Viking who had come here in order to find a chest from the legend, but I couldn’t. I have lost my helmet where I had hidden the map of this labyrinth.’ Andy took of the helmet and asked. ‘Is this that helmet?’ ‘Yes, it is! Where have you found it? Now we can get out from this labyrinth!’ The old man took the helmet and took the map from it. Finally they got out of the labyrinth. Andy saw that legendary chest and a skillet 5m far from the chest. He looked at the old man. The old man laughed and disappeared. Andy was shocked, but he wanted to live! He went to that chest and opened it. It was shining so bright that Andy couldn’t see what in that chest was. Andy closed his eyes, and when he opened them he saw a Christmas tree, under the tree there were gifts. Andy was in his house, and it was only a Christmas magic.
Mini Sagas
Once one of the frends who didn’t have nouse asked his friends.
-Why do you alwas ask me to eat fish saying that it is good for my eyes. Why don’t you say something about my nouse?
-Because when you don’t see well, where will you put your glasses?
10 Шагов к счастью, 10 Steps to happiness
С начало я хочу сказать что счастье это то что заставляет людей чувствовать хорошо. Все могут чувствовать себя счастливыми имея или делая разные вещи но для меня быть счастливым означает выполнить все мои 10 шаги к счастью или больше.
First of all I want to say that happiness is that what makes us happy. Everebody can be happy doing or having different things but for me being happy means complating all me the 10 steps to happynes.
1. Завести много новых друзей.
Make new friends.
2. Ходить на разные места с друзьями.
Go to different places with friends.
3. Иметь комфортный диван или кровать.
Have confortable sofa or bed.
4. Иметь хороший телефон, компьютер или телевизор.
Have good phone, computer, TV set.
5. Соединить 3 и 4 пункта вместе.
Mix up 3th and 4th points together.
6. Откраивать разные способности в себе.
Discover different abilities in yourself.
7. Срастить что то съедобное, чтоб потом наслаждаться им.
Grow something eatable and then eat it.
8. Подарить много подарков.
Give a lot of presents.
9. Всегда делать обязательности не на последую минуту.
Always do your duties not at the last moment.
10. Знать много и уметь использовать знания.
Know a lot and be able to use your knolage.
If I were a doctor
First of all I don't want be a doctor, but If I were I will probably help people, but more globally. I don't want to sit In a comfortable room waiting for my patients or operate on people. I will try to make a pill in order to win some illnesses. I think being doctor is a very responsibly job, and if you want to be you will think of it more seriously because then the responsibility of peoples life will be on you, that's why I don't want to be a doctor.
The woman in red
Once Jim Carton was going along a river trying to find something that could help him to discover the mistery of the the previus days murdering. He was going slowly thinking about the strange gun that he found on the killed man. Sudenly he heard a low voice in the bushes and turned around to see whehter there was something or it just seemed to him, but he saw nothig. He was on strike, because he was sure that something happened. Five minute passed when he heard the strange voice again. This time he was absolutely sure that there was someone, and asked.-"Hey, is there anybody?",-but it remaind no answer. His heart was beating faster and faster. He started running. He was continuing running,when saw that he was getting far from the river. He couldn't run anymore and stood. He saw a wall and turned back to it, because he was surrounded and there was nowhere to go. He saw a woman. She was wearing a red dress. She had a gun in her hand. Jim was afraid a lot, and filled him killed. A pause, and heard a shoot. The woman lowered the gun. Jim get stoned. Turned right and saw a man in the bush falling down with a gun in his hand. It looked like the one he saw the previus day. Falling down the man said.-I did what I found right.-and falled down. She looked the falling man and turned back to Jim and said,-The mission is completed, you can go home now. And the woman went away. Jim ran to the woman and when reached her, he asked,-Who are you? Tell me your name, you saved my life. Let me know who saved me.-the woman said,- I am your new parnter, Keral Black.- she went to the river and soon disappered. Jim smiled, and went away.
My opinion on the topic
It is true that teenagers use mobile phones or computers very much but it isn't meter to communicate with each other face to face, even they help to communicate. Mobile phones or computers are very smart and there are some programs with which help you can talk to your friends face to face, they are` messenger, viber, what’s up, etc. I think this programs are very useful but everything is good in its own scale. Many teenagers use them too much and they even forget what is real life and what is digical. It isn’t right because the real life is more interesting that digical.
Without what we cannot imagine our life?
I think we can’t imagine our life without other people, because they fill our life with different emotions (may be bad, may be good), and different experience which make our life interesting. I think feeling alone or just living or being is the worst thing in the world, because then you will be alone or live like you don’t live. I think so, because the life wants to be feeld and when you don’t feel it it’s like you don’t live.
My day
I wake up at 7 o'clock when my mother cries:-”Children wake up”. So can’t do anything only to wake up. I get up go the the bathroom, wash my theef put on my clothes and go to the kitchen for having breakfast. Than at 8 o'clock the school bus waits in front of our house and we hurry to get on the bus. At 9 o’clock the lesson starts. We usually have 6 or 7 lessons a day. After classes I go home except Tuesday, then I go to TUMO. I go to English classes. I have my English on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. When I get home I start revising the text and words for my English. At 6 o’clock my English lesson starts and it only finishes at 9 till 9:30 in the evening. Then I do my homework plus my English wհich teaks a great deal of my time, that's why I go to bed late.
What I did yesterday
Yesterday I wake up at 7 o’clock as usual. I washed, dressed had breakfast and went to school. After my classes I went to Tumo where I spent 2 or 3 hours there. After It I went home and started doing my homework. It took me much time because I had a lot of homework to do for my next English lesson. After it I went to bed late.
All happines in a day
I think all happiness in a day is, that feeling when you are living with your average life. Doing household duties or homework, working or playing, having rest, communicating with your friends, etc. When you feel life and you wake up alive it’s already happiness, because you can see your friends, parents or that one who you love. I know that many other people think that it isn’t happiness. May be they think happiness in a day must be something extraordinary, not usual or other, but I know that it can be only a day that you just live as the other days. I am sure you know that one day is 24 hours which are 1440 minutes which are 86400 seconds. When you count to 86400 a day passes. It’s unbelievable. Don’t you think? Its is really enormous number. Try to count till 60. If you did, you will know how long it will be counting till 86400. Now you how much it is, 86400 seconds. Every day you live 86400 seconds, and every day to have so much time to do what you like.
Չեմ սիրում ձմեռվա երկինքը / I don't like winter sky
Նայում ես երկնքին ու հիասթափվում տեսնելով նրա մեջ սառնություն, դատարկություն բայց ևմաքրություն ու պարզություն: Դատարկ, սպիտակ, անկապ... Անընդհատ փորձում եմ նայելերկինք գտնելով նրա մեջ գոնե մի տարբերություն հուսալով փոփոխության, բայց ապարդյուն:Խոսքեր չունեմ ասելու... Երկնքի դատարկությունը աչք է ցավեցնում, իսկ իմ պետկերացումըտխրություն է առաջացնում: Անհույս եմ գտնում սառած ձնապատ երկնքին նայելը, քանզի գիտեմնրա դատարկությունը: Տխրում եմ տեսնելով նրան դատարկ, բայց և գիտեմ նրա ապագան, ինչնհույս է տալիս մեղմացնել իմ պատրկերացումը նրա հատդեպ: Փորձել եմ , փորձում եմ, կփորձեմգտնել նրա մեջ առանձնահատկություն բացի նրանից որ այն <դատարկ> է, բայց ամենըապարդյուն էր, ապարդյուն է, և ապարդյուն էլ կլինի: Չեմ կարողանում գտնել երկնքիխորությունը, վեհություը: Այն տգեղ է համեմատած մայրամուտին, կապույտ երկնքին նույն իսկգիշերվա մթությանը, քանզի այնտեղ էլ կան առկայծող աստղեր, որոնք լցնում ենդատարկությունը:
Դատարկ երկինքը ասոցացնում եմ անհավես մարդկանց, մինչ դեռ մայրամուտը նմանեցնում եմ հակառակին:
I am looking at the sky and becaming disappointed when I see its cold emptiness, but in the purity and clarity. Blank, white, mindless… I am constantly trying to look at the sky, trying to find in it at least a diffrence hoping for a change, but in vain. I have no words to say... The sky's emptiness is pricking my eyes, and my imagination is generateing. I find it hopeless looking at frozen snowy sky, because I know its emptyness. I am getting sad seeing it empty, but I know its future, and that makes my imagination hopefull... I tried , I am trying and I will try to find its difference besides the fact that it's <empty>, but all was in vain, is in vain, and will be in vain. I can't find the sky's depth, majesty.. It's ugly compared to sunset, to blue sky, even to the darkness of the night, because even there the stars fill the void...
I am associating the empty sky to dismal people, when I associate the sunset to the oposide of it...