The Pathenon Part 1: Why Is The Land Called Athens, and the Story of the Pictures On the Parthenon Roof.

I learned about ancient history from various of MOOC, which are Khan Academy, Coursera, and edX. From Khan Academy, I learned about the Pathenon. And I'd like to share some of my knowledge about the Parthenon in this blog.

These pictures are from the internet, because I've never been to Greece.The Parthenon was built in Athens, Greece, and the picture above is how it should look like. It's the replica. But the real one is like this:

http://www.shunya.net/Text/Herodotus/images/Parthenon.jpg

I'll write The Parthenon in some parts, and this is the introduction. The Parthenon is a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, who is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civillization, law and justice, mathematics, strength, war strategy, and arts and crafts. And they dedicated this temple to her, and named the land Athens. This is how the myth goes, Poseidon and Athena wanted that land, which was previously named Attica, and the people didn't know which to choose. Poseidon is the god of the seas. So each god decided to give the citizens a gift, and the citizens were to choose which gift they liked, and then the god or goddess who mad that gift will be picked. Poseidon gave them a well which was filled with saltwater and would make them win any battle on sea. But Athena gave them an olive tree, and they could eat its fruit, they could use its wood for firewood, and they could use the oil for the light. So the citizens chose her, and they made this temple for her.

Inside the temple, there's a giant gold Athena statue, but now it's gone because of wars, earthquake, and other things. At the top of the roof, there are pictures of Athena and Poseidon fighting. 

https://slowpainting.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/parthenon-and-color/

Athena is at the left side, and Poseidon is at the right side. The roof is a replica too. And below is the replica of the gold statue of Athena:

http://www.nashville.gov/Parks-and-Recreation/Parthenon/Athena.aspx

And that's the end of Part 1. Thank you for reading.


To be continued.

Graduation!

I graduated from Blossom International Primary School on June 27th, 2015. These pictures were taken before the graduation procession. Well, half an hour before the graduation procession.

Me in my graduation gown

On stage with my mom.

                                                                     

        My homeroom teacher and I. Although we had our graduation, we still had our year end performance. Primary 6's dance theme was K-pop. He helped us in choosing the dance choreography.

After the occasion finished, we were asked to dance K-pop again because Daai TV wanted to record us. After that we took photos with our teachers that played important roles in our school life. This is the picture with our principal, Ms. Shelly, who's the coolest principal ever!

My Turtle's Shell

One of my turtle, Novie, shed her shell last month, and I found the debris of the shell in the pond. At first, before I noticed that Novie is actually shedding her shell, I saw that her shell looks like it's nearly chipped and that she had her sunbath more often than usual, as she loved to stay in the water. Sam's shell did looked like it's nearly chipped too, and she had her sunbath more often than before, but until now, her shell isn't off yet, I just found some small pieces in the water that could have been hers. And the small pieces looked like they came from the side shell of Sam, but I haven't investigate it yet. In Novie's shell, the two shells of the front part of the shell were seperated from the others, for the shell is fragile, it can easily broke. My dad joked that I can sell the shell, for he said it looks like the face of  Transformers' autobot, and we could earn money from that. Well, it's very funny! And here's the picture of Novie's shell:

And here's the picture of me holding the mask to my face, pretending to wear it (like my father says)

 

Did I look like autobot?

The Arrival Of Two New Turtles In My House

My mother's friend met a person in Ancol who didn't want to keep their turtles anymore, and they wanted to release their turtles in a swamp in Ancol. Of course their turtles cannot survive in the swamp because they are used to being fed and it means that they cannot find their own food. Those two turtles are bigger than my three turtles. My mother's friend asked my mother if I wanted to adopt them and I said yes, because my mother's friend doesn't like the look of their head; they look like snakes. Of course they looked like snakes because they're reptiles, the same like the turtles. I named the biggest one Novie, because she came on November, and the smaller one Emma.

 

From those turtles, I can learn that they have different personalities.

Sam / Samantha: kind, cheerful, friendly, and doesn't like to attack other turtles.

Sol / Solann : likes to attack, has difficulties in making friends, and fierce.                                    

                                                                                                                                                      means sunshine but rarely used.    

At first I thought that those two turtles are male, so I named both of them male names (except Sol, because she's naughty, and I just gave her a not really good name that popped the first into my mind ).

Rainy: likes to play, and can spot things easily.

    

She arrived at my house when it was raining. I adopt it from school, because my school only gave her a small aquarium to live in and with a small space like that she cannot grow well.

Novie: always stays cool and calm, and has no difficulties in making friends.                                                    

Emma: always feels shy with new turtles. While the other turtles play (of course without Sol ), she'll stay alone in the corner. If she's with Novie,she's fine, but with Sam, Sol, and Rainy, she's still shy, although it's less now.

Even if they're the same species, my mom and I noticed that Sam, Emma, and Rainy have slanted eyes, while Novie and Sol have round eyes.

My Writing That Was Chosen By Meddybemps

I want to tell you that when I was 6 years old my story was chosen by Meddybemps. I got a T-shirt, a statement that my story was chosen, and my story back. I wrote the story when I was 5 years old. The story was about a rabbit named Edgar who went to outer space with his friend in a spaceship. My mom sent it to Meddybemps and a few months later I was told that my story was chosen. Here is the picture:

My school principal said that I should stick the t-shirt on the wall, and put my story and statement in one frame, and hang it on the wall. You can read my story here.

My First Rank Trophy

Finally, I am free of my homework, projects, and tests.So it means that I can go back to blog. Here is my newest trophy: 1st rank for my Gloriamus  music school exam grade 3 and then I should play in a special  concert for the ones who got ranks. I'm the youngest in the grade 3 performance. My score is 80 something, but my theory score is not that high about 70 something. Here is the picture of my first rank trophy.

  

My 10th Trophy

Today I joined a piano competition held by Petrof piano house, one of my music course, and I won first prize!  My competitors were all older than me, I am in E-Elementary. The competition for my category was very early in the morning, at 8:30 a.m. So it means that I have to start going from home at around 7:00 a.m. I was sleepy by then. I made some mistakes but it's okay. I played two songs, "Knight Errant" by Friedrich Burgmuller, and "Sonatine Op.36 no.5" by Muzio Clementi. This is the picture of my trophy:

This is the writing on the trophy.

This is me and my teacher Ms. Grace take a picture in front of the poster .

I and Ms. Grace took a picture in front of the grand piano

used in the piano competition. I was holding the trophy and certificate. 

This was me lining up with all of the contestants. The first
three on the left didn't win.

Me with my certificate and
trophy. I'm still sleepy.


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