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The people I met in Britain

6A Cheung Chun Ki, Peter
During the trip, I encountered a sea of people and
some of them became my new friends. In fact, I Meet our Italian friends Brothers from Hong Kong
wondered if I could chat with them when I resumed and Vietnam
my normal life, and successfully keep in touch with
them.
We stayed at the campus of the University of
Greenwich for 14 days. There were a lot of pupils
from different countries like Turkey, Italy, Kazakhstan,
Vietnam, etc. I was really excited when I spent my
days on campus because I'm a talkative person and I
love chatting with others very much, particularly with
Human Pyramid -
foreigners. Hong Kong and Turkey team
The first foreigner I talked with was an Italian girl, I still
remember the moment. One morning, I was having
breakfast in the canteen with Parko. I realized that
some people were looking at me and when our eyes
met, they ran towards us immediately and asked us
a lot of questions like where we came from etc. I was
shocked by their reaction. Perhaps this is the major Peter and Parko -
difference between Hong Kongers and westerners. Sun Hoi brothers in Greenwich Sun Hoi Boys' Club
They were friendly, hospitable, generous, and good-
humored. We exchanged our contacts and I had the
most wonderful morning during the whole trip.
The next group of people I met came from Turkey.
Honestly I didn't know much about Turkey so I was
curious about this mysterious country. One night, we
were assigned into different groups to accomplish a
mission in the group activity. Our group was formed
of Sun Hoi students and Turkish girls. It was quite a Rengin and Yagmur (from Turkey),
nice group for me. We collaborated and completed Parko and Peter
the task as fast as we could. We built a human
pyramid and since Parko and I were the only boys in Traditional British Food
British Cultural Immersion Programme
the group, we had to be at the bottom. We stayed at
30 the café and shared with each other the culture and 4A Wong Ho Yu, Barnabas
language of our countries. I even learnt a few phrases During the summer, I went to England with Miss Man,
in Turkish! “Merhaba, Arkadaş” (Hello friends). Miss Ho and my schoolmates. I learnt a lot of things
The last group of people I met in Britain were neither about England, including its culture. Everything in
foreigners nor locals, but Sun Hoi students. To be England amazed me and it is very different from Hong
honest, I had no friends going to Britain with me so I Kong.
was quite lonely on the way to the airport. Since Ms When I arrived in England, the first thing I ate was
Man and Ms Ho asked me to be one of the student fish and chips. Fish and chips are common take-
leaders of the trip, I tried my very best to get to know away food in England. People usually eat chips with
every younger student in the trip as soon as possible. different kinds of sauces, which make them more
Sun Hoi is definitely a big family. Parko, Ashley, delicious, while the fish is just fried in hot oil with
Jeremy and I were always together in Britain. I called butter. Although it is very attractive and tasty, it is not
us the 'Sun Hoi Boys' Club' and we are brothers now! recommend to be eaten very often.

I tried a traditional English breakfast as well. My
breakfast was a few pieces of hot toast and a bowl of
cereal, as well as bacon, sausages, fried eggs and
baked beans. As for drinks, people in England usually
have a cup of hot Earl Grey tea or coffee. During my
stay, I had a traditional British breakfast every day, I
liked it very much and thought it was better than what
I eat every day in Hong Kong.

The traditional food in England really impressed me.
Fish and chips and pizzas - time and try more British food.
We enjoyed traditional If I had a choice, I would stay in England for a longer
which one do you prefer
British breakfast every day