Open F2F Class Notes 18th September (Tony)

A speech from Yaoming

I watched a speech of Yaoming at the NBA hall of fame ceremony. He was elected to enter the hall of fame as a great basketball player. I was impressive about his good English and humor.
Also, some names and stories he mentioned in his speech reminded me of the days I spent with my high school classmates.

Yao was arguably a national ideal in our generation. He was more influential than any other celebrities when he was in his prime. Back in my high school, we almost watched every Huston Rockets game as long as we could. We can remembered every team member’s name of Rockets. We were in a boarding school, so we had more time to play together after class. We played basketball till darkness and played card games secretly in the middle night what was forbidden by school.

I had some of best times in my life with my classmates. Although graduation drifted us apart, the days became permanent memories.

Correction – A speech from Yaoming

I watched a Yao ming’s speech at the NBA hall of fame ceremony. He was elected to enter the NBA hall of fame. I was impressed by his good English and humor.
Also, some names and stories he mentioned in his speech reminded me of the days I spent with my high school classmates.

Yao was arguably a national idol in our generation. He was more influential than any other celebrities when he was in his prime. Back in my high school, we almost watched every Houston Rockets game as long as we could. We can remembered every team member’s name of Rockets. We were in a boarding school, so we had more time to play together after class. We played basketball till dark and played card games secretly in the middle of the night which was forbidden by  our school.

I had some of  the best times in my life with my classmates. Although we drifted apart after graduation , those days became good memories.

Semantics – excessive details. “Whether you want to call Xi Jin Ping President or Chairman is just semantics.”