Ivan's childhood summer holiday

One of the things I remember in my childhood, it was a summer holiday and I was 6. I visited South Korea with my mother, sister and my aunt’s family, my aunt had two sons and her husband in her family. I don’t remember too much in the journey but I really remember I was crying everyday because I felt uncomfortable. Maybe I didn’t like the food or the weather was so hot but I just felt bad so I was always crying during the journey. When everyone was having a meal I cried and my mother had to look after me so she always ate nothing. Because I felt sick, my mother held me in her arms in the bus and she didn’t have enough sleep. It was a horrible experience for my mother. When I was older and I remember the trip, I was very ashamed, so I promised her that we go there again and I wouldn’t cry any more.

Ivan says Hong Kong has about 7 million people

My city Hong Kong, it is in the south of China and it is at the bottom. In 1997, Hong Kong changed from British to Chinese rule. Now, it is a part of China. Hong Kong has about 7 million people and three suburbs, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories.

There are many high buildings and traffic at Hong Kong Island. There is the busiest part in the city, it always has traffic jams in the busiest time of the day. Hong Kong is famous for shopping, there are many kind of shopping malls and shopping centers, you can find anything you want in Hong Kong. Victoria Harbor is a very famous harbor. In the evening, if you go to the harbor you can see buildings with glaring lights outside the buildings at the harbor.

I think Hong Kong is a very crowded and busy place but the standard of living is high. The pace of life is still very fast. The streets are cleaner than from before and the city is more modern than before I think.

Mariam loves Kuwait

Kuwait is a small country. It lies in the Arabian golf. It on the border with two country Suadi Arabia and Iraq. Kuwait is famous of export the oil for other countries like USA and UK. It has many port like Abdallah port , shuwaihk port. In Kuwait there are many sandy beach. We have too much traffic jam than before. Kuwait have more funny places to have fun than before. Kuwait has more shopping mall and market than before. You can found there what you need. The of streets did not change. Daily life in Kuwait very different from before. Kuwait has many deserts like Kadna Desert is the most famous one in Kuwait .Kuwait has one of the tallest brideg in the world. The prices in Kuwait very different from before, however I think Kuwait is the most beautiful country because it is my country.

Fayez thinks Jeddah has changed

Jeddah is a big city, and people around the world considered it’s the second most important city after Riyadh, which is a capital city.
It’s located in the west exactly on the red sea, where you will see sandy beaches, attracting places and interesting activities.
Let’s get under way, I'd like to talk about a variety things in Jeddah, for instance:
• It has got the two biggest industrial areas in Saudi Arabia where you will find factories and companies, but it hasn’t got an underground system or a tram yet.
• It holds a beautiful festival in the summer, which was became popular nowadays. International tourists and local people like attend to see different kinds of activities, which are suitable for adults and children.
• The shopping malls became much more than street markets, now I think there are more than 14 malls in Jeddah, but goods are much more expensive than before.
• Jeddah has the oldest area where you find ancient buildings made of mud, leaves and wood, also this area is the noisiest and most crowded every day.
• Finally, traffic in Jeddah is much more jam than before, and in general, these days the cost of living much more expensive than 40 years before.

Jinny compares generational similarities

I think, I take after my mother. Because I am very similar to her. As well as looking very similar, we have the same hobbies and interests, the same facial expressions, the same personality, the same attitude and the same health problems. My mother used to spend a lot of time cooking for her family and her friends. She is quite good at knitting. When I was a child, she used to give others, as well as all of her family, hand-knitted gloves and clothes. She has a very warm heart. I am really into cooking and knitting too. I often want to share it with well known people. My mother wants her children to get a good education and to have a strict upbringing. I am very similar to my mother with regard to this. Occasionally, people say that my manner of walking is exactly the same as my mother ‘s, the same health problems as well. I didn’t think so when I was young. But I am getting older and older, I know that I look like my mother and her genes influenced almost every part of my life.

Jerry considers differences in eye shape

In my family I think I am very similar to my father and very different from my mother. My father and I not identical but we have a lot of similar places. For example a nose, ears, and mouth I think the eyes are different. My father and my mother both have big eyes,but I have small eyes, and they both have double-fold eyelids but I have single-fold eyelid. I don’t know why!

My father and I, we have similar personalities. We both are open, kind, and friendly. In China we have a sentence is : “Have this father, must have this son.” But my mother is very different from me. She likes nosey and busy life, but I like quite and slow life. We have only thing that is chose clothes. We have similar fashion.

Asuka compares her dad to a chimpanzee

My father is similar to a chimpanzee, because his eyes are big and he has black short hair. His head is very small. Also his action looks like a chimpanzee too. He’s an active person. When he was a child, he used to climb trees in a mountain. And he took some fruit and ate them. He used to like climbing trees. He was fat a year ago, because he stopped smoking. He became to want to eat a lot of food, and he put on about 20 kg. Although he likes sports now. He likes playing golf, running, and going cycling. He likes climbing a mountain in summer. He goes to climb a mountain with friends or family every summer. Also he sometimes takes part in a marathon race with his friends. He loves bananas. He usually eats them. My grandmother likes them too. So she buys bananas, but he eats all of them. I think he is similar to a chimpanzee both appearance and personality.