How Big Can an Airplane be?

Hi Students,

Have you ever thought about this question: how big can an airplane be?

Boeing 747 can accommodate 400 people at a time. And the double-deck Airbus 380 can take up 600 people (that means all P.1- P.4 students in our school can be in this airplane at the same time!)

There are some other funny looking airplanes in the world which look like whales. And this Airbus' big jet is named "Beluga" (Beluga is a white whale, in fact).

As for Boeing, this big jet is called the "Dreamlifter", it belongs to the 747 family. Some say it's a "pregnant 747", that means, she is like a mother, having a baby inside her!

Typhoooooooon~~~~~~~~

Hi all!

I hope you had a good day of rest yesterday when schools was cancelled due to Typhoon Hagupit. I could hear wind blowing all night, I hope everyone is fine.

Look at the picture I took on Tuesday, students were waiting in the canteen on 1/F. (Can you see yourself in the photo?) School finished a little early so that you all could go back home safely.
The bus passed Ting Kau. And I took this picture on Tuesday when I left school, can you see the red turbojets? They are all haven here so that they will not be blown away. I took this picture for my daddy because my daddy is a captain of these turbojets. (Yes, and I am so proud of my daddy, he knows everything about sailing!)
He was not on duty on Tuesday and he had a day off yesterday at home, so we talked about the typhoon, water current and the haven. He taught me a lot about the weather system, too!

It's airplane again

I know some of you are not interested in aircraft, but I believe some of you do like Hello Kitty. So, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, I give you Eva Air's Hello Kitty livery. This aircraft comes to HK pretty often, so it is easy to spot.

I would also like to present do you, a video of aircrafts approaching Kai Tak Airport. Kai Tak Airport was Hong Kong's old airport and was closed in 6th July, 1998, followed by the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport at Chak Lap Kok. So I am sure even a P.6 student in our school has no idea what Kai Tak is.

Kai Tak Airport was famous because it was very close to residential buildings, so, in the old days, you could see aircrafts flying above your head very closely! (Yes! VERY closely!)

I hugged a dolphin~!

Now I finally have time and energy to write this blog. Yes, I was hugging a dolphin in Ocean Park. it was my birthday this year and I decided to give myself a dolphin encounter as a birthday gift. This dolphin is Pinky, she was born in Ocean Park. She is 11 years old and still living happily and healthily.
I really like spending some time with dolphins because I believe they are intelligent animals and they have emotions and affection. I hopefully look forward to swimming with dolphins!

This picture was taken in October last year in Okinawa, Japan. In this ocean park you can see lots of different dolphins. I was so close that I could actually touch them! (but I didn't because I know my hands were not clean and I didn't want the dolphin to get infected by the germs staying on my hand.)

Are You Ready to Jump?

I like taking nice photos, one of the kinds of photos I like to take is the "Jump Photo". I like traveling to different places, whenever I am out of Hong Kong, I'll take lots of pictures, and "Jump Photo" is a must.


This is my jump in Shanghai. My knee was still under recovery but I insisted jumping because I was too excited about my happy trip in Shanghai. The results? I needed to see the Chinese doctor more when I came back to Hong Kong. This is the jump I did last Saturday at Dai Mei Duk. I cycled with my best friend Barry and I jumped again on the long dam. I used to dance a lot so I like my artistic jumps. When I hurt my knee in Feburay this year, I stopped my dance but I still like doing these jumps.



Sometimes I jump with friends too! In the picture you can see my best friend Barry, we started this "Jump Photo" series 3 years ago when we went backpacking to Inner Mongolia together. I believe there is some psychic bond between good friends. There was no rehearsal about how we did this jump in this photo, but we happened to jump the same way!
I am now doing my jump series collections and truly hope I can have YOU in my "Jump Photo" series!

I have control

Dear Students,

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

I was so so so excited, because I had my first helicopter experience yesterday. Yes, I was actually flying a helicopter with my teacher. My excitement lasted for one whole day, and even now when I think of it, I still feel excited!


The helicopter I flew was R22, registration number B-HJN, but when we called the air traffic control, we didn't say "B H J N", we said "Bravo Hotel Juliet November" to avoid confusion from pronunciation.

You see the helicopter flying? This is the one I flew yesterday. It is a really light helicopter.
My teacher, Mr. Kenny, was a good teacher and he told me how to control a helicopter. There are 3 things to control, the pedal, the cyclic stick and the collective pitch. So co-ordination is important because your left hand, right hand and two legs can be moving at different directions and magnitude at the same time!

The following is the flight path I had yesterday, we departed from Kai Tak, exited at Lei Yue Mun Channel, passed Junk Bay and made a turn when we reached Sai Kung. We were at about 1,000 feet high, although the visibility was quite poor these days, I managed to recognise many landscapes in Hong Kong. The flight was quite smooth except some turbulence at the leeward of hill.

I was flying with Mr. Kenny and when he wanted to let me control the helicopter, he would say, "You have control". When I heard it, I had to first grip the control, then say, "I have control", Mr. Kenny will let me drive the helicopter.

I am still very happy and excited about the helicopter flying experience, looking forward to flying again soon!

What are you reading recently?

One of my habits / hobbies is bringing books from the library to home. Yesterday, I went to the public library after school and was quite happy to see some new books on the shelf. I borrowed 3 books from the library and one of them is this book about Boeing 777. It tells you the history of modern airplanes and the building process of a big Boeing 777.

In the first post, I told you about my 3 chinchillas. This photo shows all 3 of them. They look alike so it is very difficult to tell who is who.

I like airplane

Dear Students,

I would like to share my love with you here, you can always see it in the school, yes, it is airplane.
Yesterday I went to see aircrafts after school. I like seeing aircrafts in the airport, I like seeing them taking off and landing.

This picture was taken in August when I went to see the aircrafts with my cousin. He took many good photos that day.
This is a Boeing 747-400, one of the biggest aircrafts in the world. And this airline is Cathay Pacific, the biggest airline in Hong Kong. I think some of you had taken their flights before. So, I am very happy to teach in this school because I can see "my love" everyday. I just have to look up to the sky and I can see them!

By the way, if you need to come to the staff room and look for me, you can recognize my seat by this aircraft model. I like the look of this aircraft, I think it is very beautiful. This is a Boeing 777-300ER, one of the latest aircrafts in the world.

Hello Everyone! Warm regards from Gut Gut

So, this is my first blog here. I wish you will enjoy my blog here (and I wish I update this blog often =p ).

This is my pet, he is a chinchilla. His name is Gut Gut, he is 5 years old. I got him from the SPCA 3 years ago, together with another two chinchillas. I adpoted all three of them because they are in one family and I didn't want to separate them.

Gut Gut is the big brother of the family, he has big ears and he likes grooming his two younger members.

I need to clean their cage every morning before coming to the school, so I have to wake up early. I'm OK with it because I see it as a responsibility to animals. If you keep animals, you must give them enough care and love, this is a commitment.
























You see, he was sleeping in daytime, they are nocturnal animals, that means they are active at night and sleep at day.

During winter, the 3 chinchillas will hug each other to sleep because it is warmer.

Do you have a pet? What is your pet? Please write to me about your pet, you can also post your pet's photos to me.