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Part 1: Services

Date: 25/09/2019, 27/09/2019
Timing: 13:00 - 13:45, 15:00 - 16:30
Hours completed: 2.25

Hope Foster Home

There were only a few grade 9s in the GC. I was in the decoration group, which is in charge of the decoration of the Chinese Food Stall on UN Night. I got two tasks: to write chunlian (Chinese antithetical couplet), which will be stick on two sides of the display board behind our food stall, and to decorate a poster that will be stuck in front of the table (hanging on the edge).

Rainforest Restoration Project

This is the second time for me to do the GC. Our aim is to water the plants on campus, plant more plants, and make a difference little by little to make a change. Plants we planted include longans and durians. The process of it was simple, and almost everyone knows it: just put the seed into the soil and water it. However, most people do not know the details of planting a plant and how careful you need to be. For example, soil cannot be too fertile, or else the tree will not be able to adapt to the natural environment after it grows up and needs to be planted into the school garden, instead of the pot. When putting the seed into the soil, dig a hole instead of pushing the seed into the soil. The soil cannot be too tight too, or else roots from the seed will not be strong enough to go through the soil.

Above is the durian I planted

From the experience I understood that saving the environment wasn’t as easy as it seemed, even planting a plant requires lots of skills and knowledge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7LmabSnmAM
Above is a video that shows steps to plant a durian tree. Although the one I planted was a seed and not a tree, it still shows the steps it takes to plant a plant.

Date: 02/10/2019, 04/10/2019
Timing: 13:00 - 13:45, 15:00 - 16:30
Hours completed: 2.25

Hope Foster Home

 Me and Jingyu started decorating the poster. The draft we created was like this:


I felt quite proud of myself. Designing things (sometimes just random ideas) has always been one of my greatest hobbies (Website with my designs). I love fiddling around elements (icons, images) to create things with amazing appearances (sometimes). Now we got the general appearance of the final poster. I also felt really happy that my designs would be able to help those orphans or kids with disabilities in Beijing. It is an amazing thing that my hobby was meaningful and can make changes to the world.

Rainforest Restoration Project

This is the second week since we planted the durians.


My Durian has sprouted in 1 week


A closer look

This week we learned about different fertilizers, there was one for leaves with bugs and the other for dried leaves. We actually took a watering can and watered the fertilizers onto the leaves. I felt so good as it does not take much energy for me to water the fertilizers for the plants, yet it would keep the plants from dying and stay green for another year, making our campus “greener”.

Date: 09/10/2019, 11/10/2019
Timing: 13:00 - 13:45, 15:00 - 16:30
Hours completed: 0.75, 1.5

Hope Foster Home

 This week we were still improving the poster design. This is the one we have now:


We will be adding contents from the official website of Hope Foster Home: https://newhope.foundation, then we are done.


We are making impressive designs!

Also, I finished my chunlians:
I could not wait to help in the Chinese Food Stall during UN Night! I have never felt so willing to participate, but I think that the more you participated in preparing for UN Night, the more you want to help on the actual day.

Rainforest Restoration Project

As usual, a picture of the durian first. My durian has changed color. It looks more like a trunk than before.


We did some usual work like watering the plants, weeding, and putting some pesticides onto leaves. It was quite annoying to get soil onto my hands at first, but gradually I found it really satisfying. It felt quite natural to get your hands into the soil.

Part 2: Healthy Living

Date: 24/09/2019, 26/09/2019
Timing: 16:30 - 18:00, 15:00 - 18:00
Hours completed: 4.5

Silver Award digital diary

Part 1: Services

Date: 25/09/2019, 27/09/2019
Timing: 13:00 - 13:45, 15:00 - 16:30
Hours completed: 2.25

Hope Foster Home

There were only a few grade 9s in the GC. I was in the decoration group, which is in charge of the decoration of the Chinese Food Stall on UN Night. I got two tasks: to write chunlian (Chinese antithetical couplet), which will be stick on two sides of the display board behind our food stall, and to decorate a poster that will be stuck in front of the table (hanging on the edge).

Rainforest Restoration Project

This is the second time for me to do the GC. Our aim is to water the plants on campus, plant more plants, and make a difference little by little to make a change. Plants we planted include longans and durians. The process of it was simple, and almost everyone knows it: just put the seed into the soil and water it. However, most people do not know the details of planting a plant and how careful you need to be. For example, soil cannot be too fertile, or else the tree will not be able to adapt to the natural environment after it grows up and needs to be planted into the school garden, instead of the pot. When putting the seed into the soil, dig a hole instead of pushing the seed into the soil. The soil cannot be too tight too, or else roots from the seed will not be strong enough to go through the soil.

Above is the durian I planted

From the experience I understood that saving the environment wasn’t as easy as it seemed, even planting a plant requires lots of skills and knowledge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7LmabSnmAM
Above is a video that shows steps to plant a durian tree. Although the one I planted was a seed and not a tree, it still shows the steps it takes to plant a plant.

Date: 02/10/2019, 04/10/2019
Timing: 13:00 - 13:45, 15:00 - 16:30
Hours completed: 2.25

Hope Foster Home

 Me and Jingyu started decorating the poster. The draft we created was like this:


I felt quite proud of myself. Designing things (sometimes just random ideas) has always been one of my greatest hobbies (Website with my designs). I love fiddling around elements (icons, images) to create things with amazing appearances (sometimes). Now we got the general appearance of the final poster. I also felt really happy that my designs would be able to help those orphans or kids with disabilities in Beijing. It is an amazing thing that my hobby was meaningful and can make changes to the world.

Rainforest Restoration Project

This is the second week since we planted the durians.


My Durian has sprouted in 1 week


A closer look

This week we learned about different fertilizers, there was one for leaves with bugs and the other for dried leaves. We actually took a watering can and watered the fertilizers onto the leaves. I felt so good as it does not take much energy for me to water the fertilizers for the plants, yet it would keep the plants from dying and stay green for another year, making our campus “greener”.

Date: 09/10/2019, 11/10/2019
Timing: 13:00 - 13:45, 15:00 - 16:30
Hours completed: 0.75, 1.5

Hope Foster Home

 This week we were still improving the poster design. This is the one we have now:


We will be adding contents from the official website of Hope Foster Home: https://newhope.foundation, then we are done.


We are making impressive designs!

Also, I finished my chunlians:
I could not wait to help in the Chinese Food Stall during UN Night! I have never felt so willing to participate, but I think that the more you participated in preparing for UN Night, the more you want to help on the actual day.

Rainforest Restoration Project

As usual, a picture of the durian first. My durian has changed color. It looks more like a trunk than before.


We did some usual work like watering the plants, weeding, and putting some pesticides onto leaves. It was quite annoying to get soil onto my hands at first, but gradually I found it really satisfying. It felt quite natural to get your hands into the soil.

Part 2: Healthy Living

Date: 24/09/2019, 26/09/2019
Timing: 16:30 - 18:00, 15:00 - 18:00
Hours completed: 4.5