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TIS Speaks

Volume 3,

Issue 1

2015.12

TIS Students Break Walkathon Records Page 3

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Contents

In this Issue:

Vol 2, Issue 1

TIS Students Break Walkathon Records………3

Walkathon Fun at TIS………………………....4

Friends of Shine Home……………………......4

A brief history of Shine Home………………...5

Interviewing Residents of Shine Home……….5

The Fundraising Club………….……………...6

Stories of Shine Home……….………………..7

Shine Home: The Place of Revival…………..11

Learning about Shine Home………………….12

TIS Celebrates: The Fall Festival 2015………13

Introduction about IDAC…………………….16

Roots and Shoots—Fall Festival ……………16

3 Strange Foods that Foreigners Do Not Dare To

Try in China………………………………….17

The Top 3 Korean Street Foods………………18

3 Korean Foods that Foreigners Hate………...19

3 Great Noodle Dishes You Have to Try……..20

Top 5 Foods You Must Try Before You Die….21

The Top 2 Street Foods In Teda……………….23

The Top 3 Noodle Dishes to Try This Winter...25

The 3 Weirdest Vegetables in China………….26

Korea’s Top 3 Movies in 2014-15……………27

The 11th Grade Musing………………………28

2015 Volleyball ACAMIS at Xiamen………...29

Games Pages………………………………….30

Jokes Page……………………………………33

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TIS Students Break Walkathon Records

By ANDREW YOON and DANIEL DONG Nov, 2015

What is walkathon? You can interpret this word as a combination of “marathon” and “walk”. Walkathon is a sponsored walk for the community or school. Staff and students raise money by collecting donations and pledges for walking a predetermined distance of course. This is similar to a marathon, but it is usually non-competitive and lower intensity. Teda In-ternational School (TIS), located in Tianjin, Chi-na, held a walkathon on September 25. It helped to raise money for Shine Home, a local charity that provides food, education and shel-ter to handicapped residents.

Walkathon is not only a normal fund-raiser, but also a meaningful and memorable event for the TIS community. How then, did TIS come up with Walkathon? TIS has a house system that divides stu-dents into four groups with four colors: red, yellow, blue, and green. The house that col-lected the biggest donations was rewarded with house points. This contributes to the con-test for the champion of houses. To prepare for Walkathon, teachers gave papers to students to write down dona-tions and pledges. Students could ask for a cer-tain amount or an amount per lap from their sponsors. On the day of the Walkathon, stu-dents ran as many laps as they could to raise as much as possible for Shine Home. This year, all students from Pre-K to Grade 12 participated and broke the previous record. Through enthusiasm and passion, TIS raised the extraordinary sum of 56,590.2 RMB for Shine Home. This enabled TIS to make the largest donation in the history of the TIS Walkathon. We hope the students and staff can do even better next year!

Many staff members, including Primary Principal Yvonne Williamson, joined the students during the event.

“Walkathon is not only a charity event, it is also a platform for students, teachers, and parents to be involved in a close- knitted community, ex-pressing their individu-alities while staying united. Walkathon is one of the major com-ponents that defines

Gr.12 Daniel Dong

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TEDA, November 20, 2015 – On September 25th, there was a walkathon on the TIS sports field. TIS has been holding this event annually. All the students ran and walked and earned money for the charity Shine Home. Some students who raised more than 100 RMB could wear free dress on the day after walka-thon. There are house colors in TIS; Blue, Green, Red, and

Yellow. And the house which the person ran and earned the most belong in gets points. This year, Lim Jae Gwang (Red house, Gr. 8), and Moallem Rohaun (Yellow house, Gr. 8) ran the most. They ran 44 laps. Zak Ahmed (Green house, Gr. 6) earned 2,089 RMB. The students who earned more than 600RMB were: Ian Pinto (Pre-KA), Michelle Colombano (Pre-KR), Vera Posselt (Early childhood academy), Ian Fallon (Gr. 2), Aaliyah Ahmed (Gr. 3), Zhang Zin Nuo (Gr. 3), Brian Fallon (Gr. 4), Anabella Hadley (Gr. 5), Zak Ah-med (Gr. 6), Jiang Tian Yu (Gr.

6), Nadeem Moallem (Gr. 6), Wang Xiao (MS-ELC), Jia Xiao Yu (Gr. 8), Rohaun Moallem (Gr. 8), Luo Lan (Gr. 10A), Derek Troutman (Gr. 11), Kalina Troutman (Gr. 11), Zhao Yi Fei (Gr. 11), Alim Aygistov (Gr. 12), Zhang Ming Yang (Gr. 12). Ella (Gr.10b) said “I think it is to kill two birds with one stone. Because we can run and walk with friends and teachers and hence we can be healthy and close to each other. Also we can earn money.” - Ella ran 30 laps and collected 250 RMB. Da Hae (Gr.9) said “It was a great time. I enjoyed a lot.” Da Hae ran 30 laps and collected 575 RMB.

Walkathon Fun at TIS

By MICHELLE SHIN, YE JIN YEON and HY JI SEO Nov 20, 2015

Shine Home is a place to help autistic and mentally handicapped children. Volunteers are invited to go and share their warmth to these children. TIS Service Club usually goes to Shine Home to help the kids at there on every Thursday. They come up with many ideas to raise money for Shine Home. For instance, Walkathon students raise money by running labs and find sponsors to help.

Sophomore Jasmine from Class B, ran 32 laps in total during the Walkathon and raised more than 200RMB for Shine Home said, “I’m glad that my efforts are worthy, so the kids would have a better life.”

Sophomore Yuna who has been to Shine Home and volunteered last year said, “The kids are really cute and nice, I really like the kids. You may feel the pure-ness and heal by their kindness when you are talking and sharing time with them. They can know and feel who is being good to them.”

Sophomore Victor, a volunteer in TIS who went to Shine Home and loved help-ing kids. “When I stay with these children, during I play with them, I can also feel happiness, they are cute and they can also take me hap-py.” said by Sophomore Vic-tor, who went to Shine Home last year. Now more and more students in TIS use their own way to help the kids living in Shine Home. For instance, Fund Raising Club provides hot chocolate, and Baking Club provides delicious cupcakes to help. This is a good thing because more and more TISers care about these kids living at Shine Home.

Friends of Shine Home

By JENNY WANG and EMMA LI Nov 20, 2015

Students ran to raise more money

Sophmore Victor visited Shine Home last year.

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Shine Home is a nursing home for both men-tally and physically disabled people. It was founded by Mr. Chengbin Wang on Aug 11, 1997.

Mr Wang’s reason for setting up Shine Home was that his son suffered from autism. After recover-ing from depression, Mr Wang was determined to improve his son’s life chances and give hope to other people suffering from autism. He realized that there were a huge number of unfortunate people like his son and this motivated him to help those people. So after moving three times and 18 years of ups and downs, Shine Home is now the biggest nursing home for mentally and physically disabled people in Binhai New Area.

A Brief History of Shine Home

By MARTIN LI and SEANWANG Nov, 2015

We interviewed two residents of Shine Home. Here’s what they had to say. "I love it here" said Xuran Duan, a 15-year-old boy from Da Gang who is mentally disabled. He has been a residence of Shine Home for two years. He loves singing and likes asking people to sing for him, he has his own song list. Jixian He, another res-ident of Shine Home who is from Da Gang also says “I love it

here.” He is 13 years old. Jixian is unable to concen-trate and easily irritated. He has stayed in Shine Home for almost five years.

Interviewing the Residents of Shine Home

By MARTIN LI and SEANWANG Nov, 2015

A picture of Xuran Duan, his nick name is “Xiao Yue Yue”

A picture of Jixian He with his portrait of the famous Chi-nese cartoon character “Pleasant goat”

Mr Wang set up Shine Home in 1997

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THE FUNDRAISING CLUB

By TAEHUN CHIO and ELLA LIM Nov, 2015

Led by Mrs.Kleinhenz, our fundraising club is con-

sisted of secondary students including TaeHun, Pat-

rick, Jason, Ella, Sherlly, Julia, Jane, and DaHae. The

club, as the name indicates, is devoted to raise funds

through numerous events and to donate for other insti-

tutions or organizations in need of help, such as Shine

Home, and Nursing House.

This semester the fundrais-

ing club has been selling a va-

riety of food and drinks in-

cluding coffee, hot chocolate,

and toast. Setting prices for

each of the products, prepar-

ing the ingredients, and selling

them in the morning and at

recess, the members of the

club have been working really

hard and diligently every

week. With all those strenuous work and effort, we

have made remarkable success despite our first time

to raise funds by selling coffee, hot chocolate, and

toast..

The fundraising club has also come up with new

ideas. As students and teachers have suggested us to

sell new drinks, particularly tea, we are planning to

sell Yuja tea, a sweet golden Korean tea rich of vita-

min C. Moreover, we are also going to publish and

sell TIS magazines. Fall festival is coming, and we are

expecting to raise money through lots of activities.

The funds collected in this club will be used for help-

ing other institutions or organizations in need of help.

They are going to be spent on buying clothes, toys,

and school supplies for disabled children in Shine

Home, and also to be sent to help manage the facility.

The funds will also be used for Nursing House to pro-

vide at least some aids through funds.

There are numerous benefits to be the member of our

fundraising club. Besides the purpose of service, stu-

dents could build an amiable and cooperative relation-

ship among. As students from different grades are in-

volved, students get to know each other and cooperate

together. Furthermore, as members have to consider

about the purchased prices for ingredients, the approx-

imate numbers of products for sale, and net profits, it

is a good experience to learn and enhance marketing

skills. Through this club, students can also grow a

sense of accountability as each of the members has a

duty to do, such as purchasing ingredients, and keep-

ing financial records etc.

Ella, one the members of the fundraising club says:

“I like to have new ideas and discuss together. I con-

sidered it could be a good chance to know how to do

service and what is service. What I wanted was to feel

that I have done something worthy for helping other

people through my efforts. Actually, I didn’t have a

strong service mind at first, but after joining here, I

want to do more service for other people.”

Patrick, one of the members of the fundraising club

says:

“The most strenuous thing is to deal with customers.

When we sell hot chocolate during recess, we easily

encounter some people who often tackle for the price,

even though this is for ‘fundraising’. It is also very

troublesome to take care of marshmallows and can-

dies from those who try to steal secretly.”

Members of the fundraising club are selling hot chocolate during recess.

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Stories of Shine Home: Li Cheng

By TOSHIRO TOKUNAGA and AURORA WEN Nov, 2015

TIANJIN, Nov. 20 (TEDA) - To the residents of Shine Home, where they live isn’t an orphanage, a nursing facility, or a mentally-challenged/handicapped insti-tution. Rather, it is their home, with a more family-oriented connotation to it. The residents of Shine Home start out as patients, acquaintances of one an-other; but gradually become brothers and sisters, comrades, without realizing it. Despite patients being taken under the control of disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, Pica, down syndrome, Asperger’s and Rett’s syndrome, and Fragile X Syndrome, this does not retain their capability with bonding with each other, despite many having difficulties with emotions and touch. Proving this, they call those that visit Shine Home, as well as each other, “Ge-Ge” and “Jie-Jie”, meaning “brother” and “sister”, as well as “Nai-Nai” and “Ye-Ye”, meaning “grandma” and “grandpa.” Furthermore, those that cannot speak or have a speech impediment still hold hands, smile, hug, and even peck (kiss) each other often, yet a fea-ture of autism and similar disabilities inhibits the ca-pability of affection, sociability, and emotions. Their differences do not separate them; rather, it brings them together as one big home, "Shine Home". Be-low are three Shine Home patients that are a great example of the Shine Home family, and written are their stories. Li Cheng Li Cheng is a 13 year-old boy from outside of Tianjin with a severe case of cerebral palsy, a medical condition marked by muscle coordination paralysis and spasms, as well as other disabilities resulting from brain damage. He has a little sister in his hometown, and his parents are work in labor. How-ever, the mother abandoned the family when Cheng was young, and eloped with another man. His father, becoming the sole guardian of the children, was una-ble to support them financially or afford to pay for the expenses of the household. Therefore, he cut all connections between the remaining family and his son after he took Cheng's younger sister and left him alone. When he was found, Cheng was taken to Shine Home, and the other is assumed to still be in the fa-

ther's possession, however their whereabouts are unknown.

Li Cheng has been at Shine Home since late February 2014, but is currently unregistered in terms of holding a certificate of disability, while his diagno-sis remains clear. The people of Shine Home are try-ing to locate his father or anyone who would be able to claim responsibility for him with government co-operation. They intend also to gather information on his past and are working towards getting his certifi-cate. For now, volunteers pay the monthly residential fees that Shine Home requires, and keep him compa-ny as they hope for the return of his family. the monthly residential fees that Shine Home requires, and keep him company as they hope for the return of his family. Cheng is a favorite amongst many visitors to Shine Home. Though he appears to be mute, he is very friendly and fair to all, as he never retaliates to any act but grins or looks at you curiously when you do an activity with him. Cheng has an apparent ten-dency to drool and enjoys getting his mouth wiped by some visitors for both the attention and the relief.

Patient Li Cheng (right) plays with clay with graduate An Na Kim (left) in the new Shine Home facility in Tang Gu during their recreation time, taken last year.

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Stories of the Patients of Shine Home


Jing Zhiyong Jing Zhiyong is a 17 year-old male who comes from both Gui Zhou and Hebei provinces. He is one of the more positive and heartwarming cases of Shine Home, as both sides of his family support him, even through a divorce.

Zhiyong has moderate autism, a broad term for a variety of disorder often involving difficulty in communication and abstract concepts - but he has made significant progress. Coming to Shine Home in early July of 2013, his autism was more of a concern then, and was rather disruptive to both his daily life and the environment. Instead of sleeping at night, he would speak to himself, and would only eat potatoes and rice for meals. Since then he has improved tre-mendously: Zhiyong is polite and friendly, though shy, sleeps on schedule, eats what is served and has become very sociable. His disturbing worries and fears have also been resolved. "What’s in Space?” was a question he would continuously ask. To alleviate that stress, a helper searched online and told him different things about the solar system and the universe. He didn't quite understand everything, but it stopped bother-

ing him and satisfied him to know some things about the outside world. Another consistent remark he would make was that "there are no train stations in TEDA." After hearing these claims, several students took him to the TEDA train station and proved that there was, in fact, a train station. This pleased him and goes to show that he has a will to learn new things. As stated before, Zhiyong's intelligence isn't to be underestimated, even with his handicap. Though he chooses to stay silent, he has a strong memory as he is able to recite things he has picked up and remembered from reading or listening. His handwriting is also very neat and legible, which is ra-re amongst the population of Shine Home. He is able to read and write in Chinese fluently, but further-more can write some English letters and basic words, and pronounce words written when he puts his mind to it. This skill alone is unique amongst the residents of the facility, and is under-appreciated as many have yet to discover this talent. Although Zhiyong enjoys sitting down and watching things happen, he occasionally makes some drawings upon request. Some of his most savored drawings include portraits of junior Toshiro Tokuna-ga, a visitor of Shine Home, who would sit down with him, and together would draw each other; as well as a page full of green dollar signs, gold, and illustrations of red money. His drawings are always different and spontaneous as he draws things from cars, to two-story houses, to pigs. He has no difficulty with muscle movement and so can use his hands at ease, having a habit of putting his hands up to his cheeks as if shocked: this seems to calm him from any anxieties he faces. A joyful memory including him is when he was sitting inside on a rainy day with another, much younger, patient and the two had fun mimicking each other - from words to sounds to expressions the two mocked each other with loud bursts of laughter that brought up feelings of "family" to those who watched in the Shine Home facility.

Zhiyong is surprised by new company as he is ex-

cited of the move to the new facility in Tang Gu.

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Xu Jingyong Xu Jinyong, is also a 17 year-old male, often mistaken for a young boy. Deserted, he was a home-less child on the streets of different cities until he was found and taken in by a man who later adopted him. This man legally became Jingyong's grandfather, while the grandfather's son and daughter-in-law be-came Jinyong's parents. He was luckier than some as he was treated warmly by his new family, but never-theless the family decided to send him to Shine Home for treatment, while paying the costs and sup-porting him from home. Much like Li Cheng, he has a critical case of cerebral palsy, and lacks basic abilities to function such as using the bathroom, speaking, and moving his fingers. Yet having been in Shine Home for several years now, Jinyong has shown hopeful progress.

It is a shock to those who find out his age as many view Jinyong still as a mere child, probably six or seven. Looks can be deceiving though, as his height, size, and facial features conceal the fact that he is nearing eighteen. Jinyong is also a favorite amongst many, and much like Li Cheng, is very gleeful and shows off the nice grin of his, of which contains considerably straight and white teeth that is also un-common amongst the residents. Jinyong, however, does not like to draw - if you hand him a crayon, the first thing he will do if he does not inspect it is put it down. Instead, he likes to fold and unfold paper with Tokunaga. Having cerebral palsy, both Cheng and Jin-yong face challenges as they try to do artistic activi-ties. For Cheng, he has difficulty holding the crayon in place - something many other residents experience. His fingers usually group together and become stiff as he tries to hold the paper down or grip the crayon. As for Jinyong, he has difficulty not with the stiffness of his fingers but the firmness and strength he puts in to his grip as well as the use of a finger or fingers at one time. For this reason, unfolding paper is an exercise for Jinyong's hands just as drawing is practice for Li Cheng. Jinyong does not speak, but he does attempt to make sounds such as "mm" and "uh" from inside his throat, just as a toddler learning to speak would do. Jinyong's improvement has been shown through these sounds as he is able to say different sounds and as junior Wo Ye (Alice) recalls a teary memory when Jinyong whispered into her ear "Wo ai ni", meaning "I love you", in Chinese. "I felt so happy, but so sad, at the same time," she said as she smiled emotionally. That was her first day at Shine Home, and everything was a lot to take in. Jinyoung no longer drools, and has been in more control over his mood as he does not begin to cry suddenly when he is left alone for a long time. His habitual movements include pointing his index finger in a soft fist towards his temple, as well as reaching out towards nothing, extending his arm. He also has a tendency to kiss both patients and visitors special to him.

Look can be deceiving: Jinyong is almost eighteen years old.

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According to frequent visitor An Na Kim, a graduate from TEDA International School, all three kids enjoy being in Shine Home. "I have no idea about how they think about belonging to Shine Home ex-actly, but they seem comfortable," Kim says. "They looked so happy when they saw us. All the students welcomed us so enthusiastically, which made me feel so impressed and grateful." Other students agreed, such as senior Linda Zhang. Both students having been attending Shine Home for over a year-and-a-half now, Zhang agrees that the memories we create are just as important to them as it is to us. "What we did in Shine Home weren't big things … I mean, it was just being with them and holding their hands, or something like that, but they always appreciated that." Ms. Ruhiyyih Bag-ley, the director of the Shine Home service group in

TEDA International School, would likely agree. She is often telling students: "Even the smallest things make a difference. The activities you do with them may be the only chance for them to do it all week." Kim shares her favorite experience with the three kids, and the rest of Shine Home. "It was my last day of going to Shine Home, before I graduated," she says. "The weather was so nice, so everyone went outside and played games. It was especially different, but it was memorable because all of us had a lot of fun. I just cannot forget that day." Kim, as well as most oth-er former visitors to Shine Home, miss the children very much and remember their experiences from pic-tures on their phone. It's safe to say family can ex-tend beyond blood, and Shine Home is a perfect ex-ample of this.

Xu Jinyong puts in his effort to unfold a sheet of paper with

student Toshiro Tokunaga during a visit last year to the

new Shine Home facility in Tang Gu.

Cheng has quickly become accustomed to the new surroundings in the new facility in Tang Gu.

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Shine Home: The place of revival

By: Cindy, C.C., Jenny Nov 27th, 2015

Shine Home is a place for disabled and men-tally re-garded chil-dren. Its name im-plies this place is like the sun shining on children,

and it is the place that treats these children equally and helps promote their mental development. It was established in August, 1997. There are more than 50 children who have different backgrounds; all of them have been through very tough life experiences. Each of them needs 400-700 RMB every month for wheth-er treatments or basic needs. Shine Home is a half commonweal place. Many famous people come and donate for those children. There are sufficient num-bers of staff that have stayed here more than 10 years. We see the changes happen on children every day. Last Thurs-day, TEDA Internation-al School’s service club went to vis-it Shine Home. Cin-dy, one of the senior students, interviewed the manager of Shine home, Mr. Wang. “At the beginning, there were only four children.” He says, “after several years, Shine Home was expanded tremendously. Many of those children were shy and didn’t even know how to eat and clean themselves when they first came to the Shine Home.” Mr. Wang said, “Then after two years, they learned how to eat and do basic things that functioning person does eve-

ry day. Now, we are also giving them some cultural classes, like Chinese, Math, and Art. All of them are used to contact with strangers; they are not shy any-more. You can see their progress, which is truly amaz-ing.” From those paintings and other activities they did, it’s easily to see how they changed. Some of them have infantile autism, but now they are able to talk to oth-ers. We also see how they tried to play soccer and volleyball with our students. They tried to do those things which they never did before. Taking care of these children is difficult, their safety

awareness is pretty poor and they do not have con-sciousness. They do not know that water may be hot or fire will burn. They do

not know how to dress and undress and always put underwear outside their jackets. These have to rely on more than a dozen staff members hand by hand to teach those children. For example, Xiao Wei is a nine years old boy. He doesn’t know that he should take off his socks when washing his feet. Staff in Shine home have taught him for a thousand times. Now, Xiao Wei can wash his feet by himself. We see the pro-gress on children because of the care provided by Shine Home. Shine Home is a place where love spreads, and help Shine Home be aware of the world. By vol-unteering and giving time and goods to the Shine Home, children can feel the love of this world.

Artwork from a boy in Shine Home

Different activities are offered in Shine Home

TIS donated money through Walkathon

We see their great progress

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LEARNING ABOUT SHINEHOME

By PETER PEI and JOHN LI Nov, 2015

Yang Guang Jia Yuan foster school is located in Tang Gu. It is the school of many disabled children. Our school is keeping in touching with them for a few years. We created many activities to prepare for the donation. Every year, we have lots of students and parents who are volunteering to help the disabled children. A few years ago, the foster school was run-ning in a very small building with old walls and flash-ing light. The facilities in the school are not perfect. All the chairs and tables are from the charities. Only few teachers and employees are working there, some of the volunteers spend their weekend to help them. The foster school’s fame is really small, only very few people know it. Students and workers who live there are facing many different problems. Some times, the

heating will come late in winter. In summer, air-conditioners may not working because of the age is too old. Overall, the conditions in foster school are humble and shabby. From 1997 to now, the foster school migrated for 3 times. The area of the school change from few square meters to 1500 square meters. From what John said, the life in foster school are changing, it be-comes better than before.

Last year, when John joined the team of vol-unteers, he went to the school to play with the chil-dren and teach them. He said that the condition there is livable, air-conditions are tuning on, and the tables and chairs are new. The food from school is healthy and diverse. When he was teaching the stu-dents how to paint, he had been surprised, because the students are clever; it is really easy for them to understand new things. They are not like what they looks like. They are enthusiastic in playing with strangers. They tried their best to communicate with others, they listen to teachers carefully. From their painting, we can see that the inward world of these children is beautiful. Most of their paintings are about their parents, gardens and many other ani-mals. In conclusion, with more and more attentions from charities and governments the school is running in a right way. The donations they receive from the school like TIS and TEDA no.1 middle school are help-ing them to develop.

Children are highly creative.

Residents at Shine Home enjoy activities together.

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TEDA Celebrates: Fall Festival

By TOSHIRO TOKUNAGA and AURORA WEN 12/02/2015

TIANJIN, Dec. 4th, 2015 (TEDA) - The TEDA

International School Gym was booming with activity

on the morning and afternoon of Saturday, Novem-

ber 28th. To an on-looker, one might be confused as

to why so much activity was going on during the

weekend in a small school—and they should! What

they didn’t know was that the school’s Fall Festival

had just begun, and it’s a shame they missed it.

The fall festival comprised of two areas: the

cafeteria and the gym—but both were equally active.

Inside the cafeteria, the stations were maybe related

to delicious food and small student-and-parent-run

markets. In addition, other local companies such as

Johnny’s Pizza and EICO China also attended the festi-

val in the cafeteria. Upstairs were all fun and games,

monitored by both students and teachers. The stairs

were packed with students as they switched between

places to go to, excited and ecstatic in heart.

The downstairs stations included:

Feng Ai Dong (Farmer Printing)

San Sheng Zhai (Moon Cake Modst)

Red Lantern Folk Art

U-Life Club (Organic Food)

Zhang Jin Long (Cotton Candy)

Face Painting

Roots & Shoots Booth

Service Club Station

Eco Committee Table

Nail Polish Painting

Liu Jin Hong (Calligraphy)

Manfred Liu EICO China (Sheepskin Toys, Cush-

ions, Fleece, and Blankets)

Book Sale

Traditional Indian Garments

Johnny’s Pizza

The Roots & Shoots booth was by far the most

diverse and versatile in terms of sales. The Roots &

Shoots booth sold “Minion” USB Flash Drives. Or

‘clips’ for 40 RMB, high-quality animal posters for 10 ,

and “Roots & Shoots” T-Shirts for 70. In addition,

homemade chocolate fudge, brownies, and lemon

bars were sold, but disappeared within an hour.

Sophomore James Jiang poses excitedly for a photo as he plays with two other students in the bouncy house nearing the end of the event.

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Money raised by the Roots and Shoots committee

has gone to an organization against the use of shark

fins and other parts of the body as food or other

means. Nevertheless, the Roots & Shoots committee

will continue to visit animal charities and ‘pounds’, as

well as col-

laborate

with other

organiza-

tions and

NGOs in the

future.

The

upstairs

was also

very lively

as over-

joyed children’s voices could be heard amongst

laughter and chatter. Going around, to the left of the

central door, the following stations were held in se-

quential order:

Safety Dart Throwing

Bat The Rat

Bow and Arrow

Ocean-Duck Pond (Fishing)

Bottle Curling

Sticky & Play Station

GIGO Zoo & Peg Top Fighting

Bean Bag Toss

Pin The Tail On The Donkey

Mini Golf

Photo Booth

Bottle Catch

Ball-in-Cup Throwing

Bowling

Musical Chairs

Bingo

Halloween Toss and Ring Toss

Sophomore Claudia Luo assists a toddler as he pushes a golf ball into the hole at the Mini Golf station around noon .

Juniors and siblings Derek and Kalina Troutman smile as they display all their goods at the Roots & Shoots both early that day.

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The most popular stalls were the bean bag toss, ar-

chery, and mini golf stations. As well, the bouncy cas-

tle was always in use by both kids and goofy high

schoolers. No station stayed empty for more than a

few sec-

onds as

people

went to

different

stations

having a

good time.

“The

bouncy

castle

costs more

than 3000 yuan to rent,” said junior Patrick Kim. “I

mean… All of the money they make is going to be

spent on the bouncy castle.” Despite his slight nega-

tivity, he included that it was definitely worth it for

the happiness it brang to the students, and even for

the people watching. “It looks pretty fun,” he ad-

mitted. Kim was also one of the students involved in

managing the Mini Golf booth, as he is a leader of the

Blue House in the school. According to Kim, the mon-

ey raised in the Mini Golf station would be for the

lockdown event happening this school year.

The Archery station was run by the P.E. De-

partment, with Mr. Li, Mr. Wang, and Ms. Yuan Yuan.

Participants were allowed to shoot with a toy bow,

the dart having an air-suctioning tip to stick to the

target. The Bean Bag Toss was very popular as well,

especially amongst the little ones as there seemed to

always be a line to play. The bouncy castle was not

run but run over by everyone else due to its over-

whelming popularity.

The Fall Festival was, overall, a success in

terms of money, popularity, and the emotional im-

pact on those who came - people left happy and not

one droopy mouth walked out the door that day.

Student Brandon Li gets ready to shoot an arrow as he aims at the target in the Bow & arrow station at around noon.

Four young students walk quickly but cautiously as they play musical chairs with nervous hearts at around noon.

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Indoor activity club (IDAC) is a very new club that

was just established in the 2015-2016 school year. It

was founded by sophomores Bella and Emma. In this

club, everyone meets on Thursday at Ms. Emma’s

class and enjoy their 1 hour activity time.

The club activity is basically everything they can do

inside the room, including dodge ball, board game,

and movies. Most members in this club like to play

Mahjong so their main focus in this period are spread-

ing traditional Chinese culture, and enhancing culture

influence to introduce the beauty of traditional Chi-

nese cultural games. Usually, the members like to play

UNO because so that everyone can enjoy the game.

There’re already 10 members in the club, so it’s hard

to play 4~2 people maximum games.

Indoor activity club encouraged the members to

know about each other, and it’s every a place to learn.

Some members likes to review and do homework in

the club and there’re sophomores who can teach the

freshmen about how to do homework.

IDAC is a family, members love each others, it’s

helpful and friendly. Head Accountant of IDAC, Jen-

ny said, “IDAC is the home of the IDACers, it’s my

pleasure to join this club and manage the club fee for

them, we welcome anyone who is interested and will-

ing to join our club. “

Introduction About IDAC

By JENNY & EMMA 11/27/2015

Mahjong, also spelled majiang, mah jongg, and numerous other variants, is a game that originated in China.

ROOTS AND SHOOTS—FALL FESTIVAL

By SANGMI & BINHWA DATE: Dec. 06. 2015

TEDA, Dec. 6 (TIS SPEAKS) - On November

28th, Teda International School held its annual Fall

Festival. Many various types of foods and goods

were sold and activities were held. There were some

outside people who came in to sell their goods, and

there were also parents, students and teachers selling

handmade goods, foods and holding activities in the

gym.

Roots and Shoots, a service club that raises money

for the animals and environment, also sold both

goods and foods on the day.

We sold hand-made brown-

ies, fudges and various

types of cookies. We also

sold Minion USB flash

drives, pictures of nature

and animals, and t-shirts

with slogans to raise aware-

ness about protecting shark

fins.

Junior Simpson Park bor-

rowed a minion costume

and wore it during the

festival to sell the flash

drives. This caught many

peoples’ attention. Roots

and Shoots earned 4,077

RMB in total, and we are

donating all the money to

the Shark Fin protection

group.

Roots and Shoots selling many things during Fall

A poster made by the members explaining about Roots and Shoots. Junior, Simpson Park,

wearing Minion costume.

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3 Strange Foods that Foreigners Do Not Dare to Try in China

By BIN HWA CHO Oct, 2015

TEDA, Oct. 29 — Many foreigners living in China

claimed to have tried a variety of different types of

Chinese foods, both traditional food and street-

food, but there are some foods that shocked them

with their appearance and tastes, and they still do

not dare to try. Some foreigners from Korea and

Australia, who lived in China for a long time, chose

the top three strangest foods are Chong Zi Chuan,

MaLaYaTou, and Chou Dou Fu.

#1. Chong Zi Chuan

“Chong Zi Chuan” literally means “bug stick”. This,

just as the name goes, has bunch of fried bugs

poked on sticks. There are many different types of

bugs. On the stick, the shapes of the bugs are well

preserved even though it was cooked, so that peo-

ple can know those are bugs on the stick and dis-

criminate the bug types, increasing the grossness

of the food. This food is found in Wang Fu Jing, Bei-

jing, and is sold on the street.

#2. Ma La Ya Tou

The second most thing that surprised a senior, Rachel Liau, a girl from Australia, when she heard

about the food were Ma La Ya Tou, literally mean-ing “Duck beaks”. Liau said: “ I thought most peo-ple would throw the head away since it is too hard for someone to eat it. I cannot imagine someone eating the head of a duck.” The food is literally only consisted of duck heads. #3. Chou Dou Fu Lastly, the most common food that can be found among the three is Chou Dou Fu, defined as “smelly bean-curd”. As the name implies, the smell is really strong, such that people can smell it from far away. During Week Without Walls to YangShuo, there were Chou Dou Fu everywhere on the street at night. Sophomore, You Jin Jeong, one of the girls went on the trip, said: “They smelled like dirty dish-

cloths.” Many people, especially foreigners, avoid these

foods due to their appearance, taste, or even the

unimaginable uncommonness of the food. Even as

people who have lived in China for 12 years feel

repulsion toward these foods, and some of the Chi-

nese people interviewed also said they do not dare

to try these foods. In summary, Chong Zi Chuan,

Ma La Ya Tou, and Chou Dou Fu are the strangest

food in China that foreigners do not dare to try.

A photo took by a Korean visitor to China during night

market.

Chou Dou Fu, a dish that Chinese people enjoy, is

commonly served in restaurants.

Ma La Ya Tou is served in a restaurant located in Beijing.

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The Top 3 Korean Street Foods

By HYE JI SEO Oct 29, 2015

China, October 29 - Many Korean people like to

eat street foods. They are cheap and convenient.

There are many kinds of street foods but what are

the best three Korean to try?

#1. Tteokbokki

Tteokbokki is spicy food used slim rice cake. It’s

named Stir-fried rice cake in English. Many foreigners

say it’s very spicy but very delicious. When we make

it, we usually used red pepper paste, rice cake, boiled

eggs, and fish cake. You can add the other materials

you like.

Recipe: Prepare the materials (red pepper paste, rice cake, boiled eggs, fish cake). Put some red pep-per paste in water and boil it. When the water start boiling, put the rice cake and stir it not to get scorched and stick. And put the other materials and still stir it and salt it used sugar and salt. #2. Fried Foods

Fried foods compliment Tteokbokki very well. Fried

Korean foods are similar to French Fries but the con-tents are different. The kind of fried foods are named Gimmari (deep fried glass noodles in seaweed), ojingeo twigim (deep fried squid), yachae twigim (deep fried vegetables), etc. When we eat them with soup of Tteokbokki, we can eat it more delicious. Recipe: Repair the materials (squid, vegetables, etc.) and apply the frying powder to each side of ma-terials. Put it in egg and fry it. #3. Sundaes

Sundaes go very well with Tteokbokki. They are actu-

ally better suited better than fried foods. It look

strange to foreigners but these are very delicious.

This used fork to make and there are many kinds of

like normal sundae, curry sundae, kimchi sundae,

meat sundae, etc. We eat the boiled liver of pig with

sundae. It’s also delicious.

Recipe: You can buy a frozen one and just boil it. In conclusion, these three street foods are best 3 to try. Many people recommend to foreigners try to eat them if they have chance to visit Korea. We can eat it not only in the restaurants. We can eat it in cart bar on the street. You often can see cart bar in winter in Korea.

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These days, in Korea, there are many foreigners on TV who Koreans could not see often. In some programs, as eating programs become popular in Korea, foreigners appear frequently in the eating programs to value the taste of Korean foods as foreigners’ position. Mostly, they show good reaction but sometimes, they unwillingly try some disgusting foods that foreigners have not tried for the flavor valuation. So after trying those, foreigners chose the Top 3 disgusting foods. #1. Fermented Skate First, foreigners chose the fermented skate as the weirdest food. For the reason, they said this food has a really bad smell and it stings the tongue. However, many Koreans also do not eat this food due to its smell and taste. So they eat the fer-mented skate with Kimchi and boiled beef to relieve the acrid smell and flavor.

#2. Baby Octopus Secondly, the small octopus sounds not very weird because it is a popular food. But in Ko-rea, they cut the small octopus which is alive, and eat it only with special sauce but without cooking. Even most of Koreans react at it in a casual way; foreigners look at it aghast be-cause it is moving to the state it was hacked. But after they try it, they mostly fascinated by its taste and texture.

#3. Chicken Feet Lastly, the chicken’s feet are considered to be the food which has the most disgusting appearances. Because of its appearances, most of foreigners want to avoid eating them. Also in Korea, it splits into like or dislike. To make people more willing to eat them, people add all the sorts of spices to make them spicy and hot and also deli-cious. Several students in Teda international school got inter-view by showing them the pictures of the foods. Grand 10b Jenny said, “No way!” and another grade 10b stu-dent, Emma said firmly, “Never.”

3 Korean Foods That Foreigners Hate

By DO HYUN SHIN and YE JIN YEON Oct 29, 2015

Fermented skate stings the tongue.

Baby Octopus is served alive

Fried chicken feet are served hot and spicy.

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3 Great Noodle Dishes You Have To Try

By JOHN LI and PETER PEI Nov, 2015

In China, there are plenty of foods attract numerous people to taste. Of course, most of them are popular and famous, such as dumplings, Beijing Roast Duck, and hot pot. Today, I’m going to introduce another famous food in China which called noodles and there are three kinds of noodles I will talk about. They are Noodles with Soybean Paste (zha jiang mian), Sliced Noodles and Lanzhou Beef Noodles. #1. Noodles with Soybean Paste Noodles with Soy-

bean Paste（zha

jiang mian）, were

invented in Beijing in Ming dynasty. After invented, it was accepted by most of people who lived adjacent to Beijing. People said it taste with particular flavor and more savory than other noodles at that time. After several dec-ades, it had been spread to most of cities in North China and now it was introduced to all over the country and even to abroad. It consists of thick wheat noo-dles topped with a mixture of ground pork stir-fried with Zha Jiang, which is salty fermented soybean paste. Zha Jiang al-so means fried sauce, as the sauce itself is fried. In addition, Zha Jiang contains varies of types. For in-stance, in Beijing cuisine, yellow soybean paste is used, while in Tianjin and other parts of China Tian Mian Jiang , hoisin sauce , or broad (fava) bean sauce may be used in place of the yellow soybean paste. It is one of the most famous noodles in China.

#2. Sliced Noodles Sliced Noodles originate from the Shanxi province of China. There is a folktale about this type of noodles. In Yuan dyn-asty, after Mongolian conquered China, the empire was frightened people would rebel his rules, so he ordered militaries collected knives from people and prevented they pro-duced weapons with knives. One day, a man and his family desired to eat noodles, but they didn’t possess a knife to cut noodles. After a while, the man found a tin which wasn’t sharp like normal knives did, there-fore they could not cut noodles as length as usual. And their solution was to cut noodles in short and the flavor of it was much palatable than before. Therefore, Sliced Noodles was created. Even though the folktale might not be true, it still expresses peo-ple’s positive attitude towards it and it will be accept-ed by others one day. #3. Zhou Beef Noodles And last but not least, Lan Zhou Beef Noodles, as the name presents, from Lan Zhou which in Gansu province of Chi-na. It was invented in Qing dynasty, there was an officer when he was young whose family was needy, the officer made noo-dles for selling and earning money for education. After he became the officer, he determined to devel-op this type of noodles and eventually it was appreci-ate by most of people. Still it was spread from North to South until all over the world. In conclusion, any of these three noodle dishes are sure to satisfy your hunger this winter. Not only there are famous in China, but also their flavors are abso-lutely delectable.

Noodles with soybean paste.

Soybean paste is fermented.

Sliced noodles are short and

packed full of flavor.

Beef noodles from Gansu province

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu_mian



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_meat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_meat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_bean_paste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_cuisine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_soybean_paste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianmianjiang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianmianjiang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoisin_sauce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubanjiang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubanjiang

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Top 5 Foods You Must Try Before You Die

By TAEHUN CHOI Oct, 2015

#1. Beijing Duck Beijing Duck is one of the most eminent Chinese imperi-al dish that was served to the king or high-rank officials. The outstanding standout for this roast duck is its gar-licky sweet crispy skin with tender meat. The dish is served with crispy skin, slices of juicy meat, spring onion, cucumber, and sweet hoisin sauce with a steamed pancake with which you make your own roll.

Patrick Kim, one of the Korean students at the Teda International School, said “You must try Beijing Duck at least once in your life. Or perhaps once would not be enough to satisfy your appetite. This dish would definitely be the best one you have ever had in your entire life.”

#2. Chocolate Chip Cookie from Levain Bakery This cookie is the best cookie in the world. Known as the “heaven of cookies”, the Levain Bakery in New York is widely eminent for many types of delicious cookies. Among them, choco-late chip cookie is the top. It will melt as soon as you put into your mouth, and you will not be able to forget the taste after eating it.

Beijing Duck is one of the most well-known Chinese dishes.

Levain Bakery ship their famous cookies to customers around the world.

Out of all the delicious foods in the world, which foods are so delicious that you simply have to try them? Here are five foods everyone should try at least once. How many have you tried?

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#3. Raclette

Although it looks plain and simple, this Swiss dish made of nothing but potatoes covered with melted cheese and served with pickles would give you a perfect satis-faction. The soft potato with savory cheese is a perfect combination, especially in winter.

#4. Bibimbap Bibimbap is one of the most famous tradi-tional foods in Korea. With the literary mean-ing of “mixed rice”, Bibimbap is served as a bowl of warm rice topped with namul (seasoned vegetables), a spicy sauce, a fried egg, and sliced meat. When you eat it after mixing all the ingredients, it will taste like a heaven. Toshiro Tokunaga, a Japanese stu-dent at theTeda International School, said “I love Bibimbap because it is not only tasty but also healthy. Bibimbap is also very popular in Japan, and is highly praised by people.”

#5. Chole Bhature Chole Bhature is one of the most loved foods in In-dia. Served with a puffy bread, and a bowl of spicy curry, this classic combination gives you a rich, and addictive feeling. The harmony of the bread, that is crispy outside and soft inside, and the spicy curry would be unforgettable after you try this dish.

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The Top 2 Street Foods in TEDA

By DANIEL DONG and ANDREW YOON Nov 30, 2015

Street food does not only carry the meaning of low-price meals and beverages sold by the side of the road, it embodies a more profound value in China. Some street foods exist in China for the purpose of preserving traditions, others have proven their exist-ence by the sheer enjoyment and satisfaction they have brought to the average consumers or foodies. In TEDA, we have picked out two of the top spots where you could dive into the cozy little world of street foods—ShouZhuaBing and MaLaTang. These two strongly display the major qualities all standard street foods should possess: friendly prices, friendly service, and addictive flavor. Clearly, the greatest realization we have derived from this report is that street food is a culture, because people of all kinds of backgrounds and classes in the Chinese society celebrate it. A rare sight in this huge, rapidly developing nation, isn’t it? #1 Yang Guo Fu MaLaTang Address: 3rd Avenue, HongTai Mall

Prior to the MaLaTang tryout, we have interviewed a MaLaTang lover and enthusiast Patrick Kim, an elev-enth grade student of the TEDA International School. The following passage is an excerpt of the interview. DA=Daniel and Andrew PK=Patrick Kim

DA: What do you think of MaLaTang? What is your favorite part of it? Is it a growing trend in China? PK: MaLaTang is a food that most Chinese enjoy as their “fast food”. The most attractive point of MaLa-Tang is that we can put whatever we want in the soup and we can also change the spice level of the soup. In fact, the most important thing you have to remember is that you have to be careful when you choose the spice level. If you choose very spicy or crazy spicy, your digestive system will suffer the whole night and even the next day. At last, MaLaTang is the food that could unite the whole nation of China and is also a dish that the foreigners couldn’t resist. With its diverse spices and ingredients, MaLaTang is one of the few Chinese foods that can unite 55 differ-ent minorities in one big family and make them feel the pride of being “Chinese”. YangGuoFu MaLaTang stuns us with its low price range (15 to 18 for a heavy eater), amaz-ing variety (over 15 differ-ent ingredients and 5 different types of spices to choose from), and great service (the waitress was patient and kind in guiding to our choices). Our verdict is that YangGuoFu is a suitable place for people of all ages and occupations, especially students and teachers that want to enjoy a quick, full meal without draining their wallets.

Features

The HongTai Mall in TEDA

Andrew trying the YangGuoFu

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MaLaTang #2 Xi An ShouZhuaBing Location: 3rd Avenue, QianBaiHui Mall “ShouZhuaBing is a harmony of sausage, Bing, fried egg, cabbage, and Chinese traditional hot sauce. I can’t explain the taste accurately, but I can say this is super good. The Bing is crispy, the sausage is juicy, and the fried egg and cabbage contribute to the amazing texture and extraordinary taste the moment you bite,” Andre Yoon said, a grade 11 student of the TEDA International School. In fact, the beauty of ShouZhuaBing lies in its simplicity. It all lies in the mo-ment you take your first bite. Hence, ShouZhuaBing reflects a profound value of street food: experience matters. The tasty experience is what brings back the customers time after time. Our final verdict is that under the price of 9 yuan, this is a must-try for people that pursue the thrill at the tip of the tongue.

Features

Zhua Bing is popular amongst Teda students and residents.

The Zhua Bing restaurant is located in Ren Ren Le.

Shou Zhua Bing is one of many ‘street eats’ available in Teda

Junior Andrew Yoon from TIS is eating ShouZhuaBing

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The Top 3 Noodle Dishes to Try This Winter

By TOSHIRO TOKUNAGA and AURORA WEN Oct 30, 2015

TIANJIN, Oct. 30th, 2015 (TEDA) - Depending on where you live or where you’ll be staying this winter, the weather may get extreme and the winds harsh as you bear the cold. It’s important to keep warm by wearing more and staying active, as well as eating or drinking hot foods and drinks. It’s also important to stay healthy during this time, which is why the food you eat during this season is vital to your wellbeing and important in general. People in colder climates around the world may wonder what foods are suitable for this season. Only a few weeks or months away depending on where you live, this information may be vital for our health. Compiled is a short list of food that is served hot, delicious, and healthy that may be a favorite amongst outgoing eaters this season.

1. Chow Fun/Chow Mein: Beef Chow Fun is a

favorite amongst many in China, that often comes with sprouts, scallion, onion, and other seasoning or spices. It gives a salty soy sensation that makes one crave it again, once they are hungry... or have simply stopped eating it temporarily. This Cantonese dish originates in Guangdong and Hong Kong, from eateries called "yum cha" restaurants. The "hefen" noodles are fat but flat and fried to perfection and for the customer’s liking. These chewy broad noodles are a special

feature of the dish and makes the dish unique from many others; combined with its taste that is soaked up by the noodles make it a popular dish worldwide. It is especially delicious when other ingredients such as Chinese rice wine are added, as well as garlic cloves, and a little oyster sauce.

Chow Mein, similarly, are stir fried noodles that often include pork, chicken, sprouts, celery and other greens, mushrooms, and even water chestnuts. To make the dish, the cooking must be done over a high flame and stirring must be rapid but easy, as to not break the somewhat delicate noodles. "Wok Hei" is a skill that should be learned to cook this dish.

2. Yaki-Udon (and other forms of Udon): Yaki Udon

is essentially a traditional Japanese dish called

udon, only fried. It originates in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, after the Pacific War, becoming both apart of a casual grill food as well as formal dining food. Udon is made with a thick white-flour noodle, and when not fried, it is served with boiled hot water. In its simplest form, it is called kake-udon: made with “dashi”, soy sauce, and “mirin” - a rice wine condiment. With other additions, there are different variations of this dish, such as Kitsune Udon, (“Fox Udon”), Tsukimi Udon (“Moon-gazing Udon”), and Tanuki Udon (“Raccoon Udon”). These types of udon dishes, too, are good for winter as they are both tasty and (should be) served hot. However, the person favorite among these options is Yaki-Udon, which, as already explained, is the same dish aforementioned, only fried. It is eaten with a special sauce, and includes meats and different vegetables and greens. It is very similar to Yaki-Soba, a food very near Yaki-Udon in terms of taste, ingredients, and looks, only with a thinner noodle and a more soy-vegetable taste.

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#3. Vietnamese beef noodle soup

The Vietnamese beef noodle soup is a lesser-known delicacy in both Asia and the world, but that does not hinder it's taste. It is a derivative from Vietnamese Pho, a general term to describe broth with linguine-resembling noodles. Birthed in the Hanoi and Nam Dinh prefectures, it has become a famous street food that was popularized by refugees, who consumed this food regularly. It is much like yaki-udon with its background and history, but it is important to note that having been made in the north, Pho is eaten at any time of day in the north but is normally restricted to breakfast-time in the south, unlike yaki-udon. It is served with a thick and lengthy flat rice noodle, and often includes beef sirloin, fresh ground pepper, onion, scallions, cilantro, fish sauce and bean sprouts. It is given additional flavor from cinnamon sticks, salt, ginger and jalapeño peppers.

Vietnamese beef noodle soup may be spicy to some consumers but it is delicious and a great winter meal all the same

THE 3 WEIRDEST VEGETABLES IN CHINA

By ELLA LIM Oct, 2015

Opinions

Vietnamese beef noodle soup.

Xiangcai, green on-ion, chives-one of the healthiest veg-etables, and its likes and dislikes are clear. The rea-son for this is be-cause of the unique

incense of these vegetables, and there are two strong conflict claims which will never ends. “I can’t even go near to it!” Michelle said. “Without Xiangcai, I can’t eat noodle. It is the peak of food. Xiangcai is life!” Em-ma said. It is good to put Xiangcai in weak flavored food, be-cause its incense is too unique to put in strong fla-vored food. People usually put this in noodles or other roasted food. Green onion is slightly spicy, so soup that contains green onion tastes freshing, and it take the smell in

the food. Chives and dump-ling is a great col-laboration. Most of dumplings in China put chives in there, and Chi-nese likes roasted and fried chives which makes it crunchy. The three vegetables have the number of function in common. The vegetables helps your body circulation, so they are good for people whose body is cold. They

promotes digestion and are also effective to heal stomach disor-der. Xiangcai is known for the good vegetables for high blood pressure. Green onion is spicy. It is effective in preventing aging, and thinning the blood.

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KOREA, November 26th 2015, Korea’s top 3 movies had won Blue Dragon awards (one of the biggest award ceremonies in Korea) for the best movies in 2014~2015. #1. Ode to My Father Ode to My Father (Gukjesijang) is a 2014 South Ko-rean drama film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. Starring Hwang Jung-min and Kim Yun-jin, it depicts modern Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man, as he experienc-es events such as the Hungnam (a province in Korea) Evacuation of 1950 during the Korean War, the gov-

ernment's decision to dispatch nurses and min-ers to Germany in the 1960s, and the Vietnam War. Because the movie ad-dresses the history of Korea, people remember how was their country struggling and their heart ache for it, there-fore it directed people’s attention and currently reaches the second high-est-grossing film in the

history of Korean cinema, with 14.2 million tickets sold. #2. Assassination Set in the 1930's, an assassination plot takes place.

The assassination plot is intended to take out a pro-Japanese group. Yeom Seok-Jin is an agent from the interim government. He plans out the assassina-tion plot and gives order to An Ok-Yoon. An Ok-Yoon is a deadly sniper and she works with Soksapo and Hwang Deok-Sam. She takes on the mission due to her strong desire to see

Korea's independence. Meanwhile, Hawaii Pistol is a contract killer. He and his partner Younggam are hired to take out An Ok-Yoon and her assassination team. Firstly, starring the famous actors and actresses

attracted popular attention and secondly, a substan-

tial story and stinging satire on the times of history in

the 1930’s satisfied the audiences as well. The movie

reaches the 7th highest-grossing film, with 12.7 mil-

lion tickets sold.

#3. Northern Limit Line

Northern Limit Line (battle of Yeonpyeong) is a 2015

South Korean naval thriller film written and directed

by Kim Hak-soon, based on the real-life events of the

Second Battle of Yeonpyeong. It stars Kim Mu-yeol,

Jin Goo, and Lee Hyun-woo. In June 2002, while

South Korea is caught in sporting frenzy as the na-

tional soccer team plays against Turkey for third

place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the North Korean

navy deploys two of their patrol boats towards the

Northern Limit Line, a disputed maritime border near

Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea. While carrying

out its usual duties, South Korean patrol boat 357

suddenly finds itself under surprise attack.

The battle of young heroes in the first flush of youth

against North Korean navy and their tragic death

moved the audience

to tears and it reach-

es the 44th highest-

grossing film, with

6.4 million tickets

sold.

In 2014~2015, Korea

filmdom had released

lots of best movies

thus, it shined the

industry of Korea film

and raised audiences

expectations of the

movies that will be

released next year.

KOREA’S TOP 3 MOVIES IN 2014~2015

By MICHELLE SHIN, YEJIN YEON, HYEJI SEO DEC.11

Poster of Assassination

Poster of Northern Limit Line

Poster of Ode to my Father

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The 11th Grade Musing

By DANIEL DONG and ANDREW YOON Oct, 2015

At the last monthly assembly, the 11th graders have stunned the crowd with their profound depic-tion, comprehension, and reflection on the quality of knowledge seeking through two skits. The class was divided into two groups of casts, with each person illustrating a vivid personality of typical high school students.

Before the entire show begins, Alice, Jasmine, and Everly drew the audience’s full attention with their unique style of introduction. The rhythm of speech, the cooperation, the words, and most of all—the confidence and positivity generated from these three have raised the anticipation of the viewers to a whole new level. The first skit is composed of a group of active knowledge seekers who actively question the facts, norms, and other aspects of the teacher’s lesson. Sang Hyeon cleverly portrayed a focused yet slightly overwhelmed teacher, wholeheartedly striving to catch up with the footsteps of these critical thinkers.

The students in this skit, starred by Black, Patrick, Sangmi, Kalina, and Ben, gave a showstopper perfor-mance without wasting much energy, because they

were bringing a typical day of their school lives on stage, striving to obtain unlimited amount of knowledge and values like sponges that soak in every drop of water. Moreover, their tremendous sincerity to the core of knowledge seeking truly fulfills the pur-pose of our school: to make a difference. The second skit is extremely creative and re-freshing in the sense that it portrays a list of things not to do in class, things that would impede the jour-ney of knowledge seeking. With Thio being the kind, patient, and loving teacher, the students of this show are Toshiro, Jason, Andrew, Tina, Yeji, and Aurora. Each student displays amusing, naughty yet slightly “alarming” acts in class. A special feature in this show is Derek, acting as the narrator outside the big pic-ture or scene, commenting on the parts of self-improvements each student needs to achieve. Alto-gether, the arrangement and script of this skit have added unexpected dimensions, contouring the im-pressions left in each of the viewers’ minds.

The beauty of this show lies in the amount of energy transferred from the group of eleventh grad-ers to the entire high school. This is the quality of TIS that is shared by no others, a unity that matches the determination of an orchestra. Such attitude is the symphony of the TIS family. We all partake in this joy-ous celebration of self-development. A wise mentor once said, “achieving inner growth to transcend me-diocrity” is what we do.

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TEDA, Nov. 16 2015— On Oct. 14, TEDA vol-leyball teams went to Xiamen for ACAMIS games. ACAMIS is an abbreviation for Associa-tion of China and Mongolia International Schools. TEDA International School plays in the yellow division with five other schools: Xiamen International School (XIS), Interna-tional School of QingDao (ISQ), Shekou Inter-national School (SIS), British International School of Shanghai (BISS), and Yew Chung In-ternational School of Beijing (YCIS).

This year ACAMIS was held in XIS, and both of TEDA’s girls’ and boys’ volleyball teams each brought back an award. The boys’ team won 3 rd place and the girls’ team got 4 th place

and won sportsmanship award. The boys had their last game with ISQ

fighting for 3 rd place, tightly winning the game with final set points of two versus one. Senior captain, Pei Peter, did strong spikes that earned them many points. Senior, Kim Jared, a boy from ISQ said: “The game was really ex-

citing. Even though I got nervous on the court, it was a fun game.”

The girls’ team won sportsmanship award which was an overall result of other schools’ votes. Junior, Park Sarah from XIS said: “Our school actually voted for TEDA for sportsman-ship because they showed really good team-work and smiled all the time even though they had injuries.” Senior, Lee Rachel, from ISQ

said: “TEDA boys and girls also cheered for each other a lot.”

On the first day of the games, senior, Linda Zhang the captain, fell on the ground and in-jured the muscle near pelvis; thus, the girls’ team had to play the game without their cap-tain. Senior captain, Zhang Linda said: “I felt so sorry for the team because I got injured on the first day and I knew how much the team were depending on me. However I still think the way I got injured was funny.”

TEDA volleyball team taking group photo in XIS before

heading toward airport.

Boys team receiving 3rd place.

Girls’ team doing cheer before the game starts.

TEDA boys cheering for girls’ game.

2015 Volleyball ACAMIS at Xiamen

By SANGMI PARK and BIN HWA CHO Nov 16, 2015

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Hey guys, let’s stop reading for a minute and have some fun playing a mini game !

The game is spot the different character. The rules are simple, you have to find a character that is different

from the rest. There are three levels, each harder than the previous level. Have fun~

Level 1: Novice

Find 找 from我 Find 木 from 本 Find 壳 from 亮

Think that was too easy? Well, here’s a harder one. Go ahead.

Level 2: medium

Find 免 from 兔 Find 呜 from 鸣

Mini game: Spot the difference

By SEAN WANG & MARTIN LI

本本本本本

本本本本本

本本本木本

本本本本本

本本本本本

我我我我我

我找我我我

我我我我我

我我我我我

我我我我我

亮亮亮亮亮

亮亮亮亮亮

亮亮亮亮亮

亮壳亮亮亮

亮亮亮亮亮

兔兔兔兔兔兔兔兔兔兔






兔兔兔兔兔兔免兔兔兔




鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣




鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣鸣呜鸣






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Muahahaha….. You will never beat this one, try to find 己 from 已.

Level 3: Master



已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已









已已已己已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已已











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If you’re reading this, you are one of two types of people:

people who found all the Chinese characters or cheaters.



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(: Jokes For TIS :)

By Cindy C.C. Jenny DATE 12-11-2015

Chinese:

1. 初中一同学英语巨烂，一次英语考试他被老师爆打一

顿。原因是这样的，作文要求是讲述小明被车撞后送

去医院:xiaoming walk lushang bei car zhuang .120 wuwa

wuwa come.英语老师拿起书就狂拍他的头，我让你wuwa wuwa!

2. 跟别人闹矛盾我想喊一句“滚啊”，结果语速太快，在

大庭广众众目睽睽之下大吼了一声“呱”。

Korean:

1. 낙하산

승객과 승무원 모두 100명을 태운 비행기가 비행 도

중 엔진이 고장나 낙하산을 타고 비상 탈출을 하게 되

었다.

그런데 비행기에는 낙하산이 99개밖에 없었다.

사람들이 후다닥 뛰어내렸고 낙하산은 이제 2개가 남았

다.

남은 사람은 중년아저씨, 기장과 유치원 아이였다.

그때 중년아저씨가 저 혼자 살겠다고 낙하산 하나를 잽

싸게 낚아채더니 뛰어내렸다.

낙하산이 하나만 남게 되자 기장이 유치원생에게 말했

다.

“나는 모든 승객을 책임질 의무가 있는 기장이야. 네

가 낙하산을 메고 뛰어내리렴”이라 말하고,

아이에게 낙하산을 메어 주기 위해 낙하산을 가지러 가

는데 낙하산이 두 개였다.

“어! 낙하산이 왜 두 개지?”

그러자 유치원 아이가 하는 말

“아까 그 아저씨, 내 유치원 가방 메고 뛰어내렸어요.”

He repeated that to his teacher every day, when he came to

school, "I'm getting a brother."

One day his mom allowed him to feel the baby's kicks in her

belly.

The next day he came to school and didn't say anything to his

teacher, so the teacher asked him, what happened to his brother.

He replied, "I think mommy ate him."

2. Do not trust atoms

They made up everything

3. A three year old walked over to a pregnant lady while wait-

ing with his mother in the doctors office.

He inquisitively ask the lady, "Why is your stomach so big?"

She replied, "I'm having a baby."

With big eyes, he asked, "Is the baby in your stomach?"

She said, "He sure is."

Then the little boy, with a puzzled look, asked, "Is it a good

baby?"

She said, "Oh, yes. It's a real good baby."

With an even more surprised and shocked look, he asked...

"Then why did you eat him?"

English:

1. A little boy was so exited because his mom told him he is

getting a baby brother.

He repeated that to his teacher every day, when he came to

school, "I'm getting a brother."

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