As I have mentioned in the previous post, we were required to make a lantern for the competition and also for ACE points. It was paired work. After buying the materials (refer to the previous post), we started making the lantern last Saturday. Here are the materials needed for the lantern :-
- 1 1.5 litre mineral water bottle (preferably squared for cutting purposes)
- 1 0.5 litre mineral water bottle (optional)
- Decoration(s) for the bottom of the lantern (mine looks like the one on the right).
- Red colour papers, red packets, or any other red colour materials
- Lots and lots of tapes!
- Rubber bands or strings
You will be needing scissors and a razor-blade.
~ Cut off the first quarter portion of the 1.5 mineral water bottle using a razor-blade.
~ Next, divide the mineral water bottle in eighths and cut vertically from the top 1/5 to the bottom 1/5.
~ After that, tape red colour papers or red packets on the inner side of the bottle. You can paste it in any form you like. For me, I had written some calligraphy too. It took up a lot of time and effort.
~ Decorate the outer top and bottom parts of the lantern too.
~ Since what I used for filling the bottle are red packets which are white on the other side, the lantern looks strange as you can see white parts through the slits of the bottle. Thus, I racked my brains and thought of an idea. I cut off the top 1/4 of the 0.5 litre mineral bottle and wrapped it with red colour paper and glued it to the bottom of the bigger mineral water. In this way, the insides of the lantern will still be red as can be seen in the picture.
~ Then, make a kind of hook for hanging up the lantern by using rubber bands or strings, whichever u prefer.
~ Lastly, tape the decorations to the bottom of the lantern, and you are done!
After taking 2 days (approximately 4 hours+) of making the lantern, we finally finished and submit it. Overall, we are quite satisfied with the lantern which we had made ourselves. Our lantern not as good as those you see in the market, however it is a product of our hard effort.
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On Saturday, we went to a concert entitled провидение - A silver lining (провидение means providence in Russian). It is a combined concert featuring our school's string orchestra, Belilios Public School Symphony Orchestra (Hong Kong) and Beijing Military Music and Arts Academy.
This main objective is to raise funds for the school's needy pupils fund.
It is also part of the Sec 2's Arts Enrichment Programme, hence it was initially made compulsory for us. However, there was an overflowing of seats as the Cheng Yi Auditorium could only host about 500 people. Therefore, we were allowed to refund for the tickets which cost $4 for HCI students (subsidized 50%) and $8 for others. I decided to attend the concert anyway. The concert begins at 7.00pm.
The highlights of the night includes :
- The Four Seasons : Summer (L'Estate) by Antonio Vivaldi (played by HCI String Orchestra)
- Overture to La gazza ladra ("The Thieving Magpie") (played by Belilios Public School Symphony Orchestra)
- The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto (played by Belilios Public School Symphony Orchestra and one solo erhu-ist)
- Symphony no.5 in E minor Op. 64 by Pytr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (also the climax, played by all)
All the songs were brilliantly played. They were marvellous, completely flawless. It can be seen that the performers were talented and had spent much effort for the performance. After that, each school sent one representative to conduct a short piece of music. First, it was the Beijing Military School followed by the Belilios Public School . Lastly, it was our school's turn. We were given a pleasant surprise by hearing our school song played. Only then it occurred to us that they were playing the three school songs respectively.
Towards the end of the concert, a speech was given. A total of approximately $70,000 was collected (including donations) of which $50,000 was singly donated by a parent who wished to remain anonymous! $50k! Just think of the things you can buy or do with the enormous sum of money. The speaker heartily thanked the parent and also declared the concert a success. We went back at around 10pm wearily. Nonetheless, it was a fruitful session and I looked forward to attending more concerts of these kind.
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Now it's time again for football results! Liverpool held Wolverhampton to a disappointing draw but won 2-0 against Bolton. They were now just one point behind fourth-placed Tottenham. Following the victory, Liverpool has extended their unbeaten run in the league to six matches and looks promising in the challenge for the top four places.
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I shall stop here as I have to revise for my Maths test tomorrow. Bye!
