Andrew and Alex

Recently, there have been many pirate attacks by pirates of Somalia. On 26 Sep 2008, a Ukrainian ship was captured along with 33 battle tanks. The attack was off the waters of Somalia and the ship was heading to the Kenyan port of Mombasa. Warships have been sent to protect Russian ships and patrols are constantly looking for the pirates. German ships have been attacked as well, one in the Gulf of Aden. The pirates hijack the ships to ask for money afterwards, and they make a $2m average off the vessels.

The pirates are becoming a serious global problem and countries all over the world have been trying to stop it. For example, on January 29 2009, the French navy captured nine pirates and sent them to the authorities. Tokyo has prepared to fight the pirates as well. China has sent many navy ships “to crack down on Somali piracy” Liu Jianchao said.


Why do the pirates have to resort to such horrible behavior? My guess is poverty. Their country is not industrialized and powerful enough, so they leave and use inhumane methods of becoming rich. It’s a good life for these pirates right now, but eventually they will all be captured and sentenced accordingly.



This reminds me of what we’ve learnt from Geography class, of what poverty does.

By Alex Hu

January 2009

These are my new drawings from my new art classes.

The following drawings are about two types of cactuses. One type of cactus is very spiky, and you can see the spikes. The other one is just normal spiky.

I traced this picture from a book. The book is called “My Dog, Buddy”. I have a new dog too. His English name is WangWang and his Chinese name is “WongWong”. They are almost they same, but you have to replace the “a” with an “o”. The dog on the picture only listens to his family’s kid, and he makes a big mess. He uses his paws and takes down the garbage and makes a big mess.

I sketched this in my art class then colored at home. It’s about a house with a big tree with 7 green apples on it. There is also a cat inside a hole in the trunk. The cat is black, same as my cat MiMi. However the cat in the tree still has his tail while my cat got his tail bit off by a bad dog.

This is an Indian tent.

My mom said that this is the best drawing I’ve ever done. It is about pyramids in the back, a dam on the river, and a log made bridge.

My favourite tree is coconut tree, that’s why I drew this picture .This place looks like Singapore that’s where I was born and I want to visit there one day.

This picture I drew last week. It’s about a girl in ancient time was making fire with rocks.

There is a basket for all the fire equipment.

This is my card for doing chores around the house. There are two versions.

This is my card for my WOW(World of Warcraft) character.

This is the hydrological cycle of the earth’s water system. It will never stop and never changes. This cycle occurs all over the world, as long as there is sun, water and land. The speed of the cycle depends on the sun and the temperature.

There are the five great lakes beside Ontario and that is a major factor. They created The Niagara Falls, which is a major tourist attraction, and also produced wine and fruits. The hydrological cycle helps explain much.

The evaporation of so much water will lead to much precipitation, which will grow more vegetation and grains for the farms of Ontario. The vegetation may also lead to more animals too, and all this would provide us with more food. The food will lead to an increased population which will develop our technology and industry. A better industry will lead to more manufacturing and make Ontario a famous province. The five great lakes also provide Ontario with a huge drinking water resource. Too much precipitation, however can lead to storms and even floods. That could ruin vegetation and make it harder to travel.