Homework- Video: Beggar

Our group's project is beggars in Yau Ma Tei. We think having an interview with them can let our classmates to learn more.

Before leaving home and having an interview with the beggar, my mother told me to put on sneaker. I didn't know why I must be wearing sneaker. She said, "The beggars are very strange, they may attack you!” I obedient her advised. But in my heart, I didn't think beggars are strange, because they are also people! I didn't understand why my mother said that cold-blooded words.

On the 23 rd of February, before our group was interviewing the beggar who lives under the bridge in Yau Ma Tei, Nathania, Peggy and I went to 7-11 to buy some cakes, bread and water to give to the beggar, because we thought that after giving the food to her, we can finish the interview with her more easily. And we thought she will accept our regard. And I hid a red pocket into the plastic bag that was containing the food. I hoped that red pocket really can help the old lady a little.

When we were arrived her” home", I found that she was talking to her son. And we were so afraid that talking to an unfamiliar old lady. But finally, I bravely asked the old lady to have an interview with us. She answered us quickly. I knew lots of things about her and her son. She is about seventy years old, and her son is about forty years old. They have been living under the bridge ten years long.

After talking to her a while, I realized that she is a humorous woman. She always let us laughs. But when we were filming, she was very conscientious toward the filming. I liked talking to her.

The funniest things that happened during the visiting of her house is her dog's back had a very lovely monkey doll. It was so creative. I liked that monkey doll.

During this interview, I learned that even though poor people, they also have emotions. They also can feel joyful, grieved and embarrassed. So I appealed everyone to help more the poor people, to be more considerate to them and to pay a heartfelt care to them!

On the 24th of February, Jessica, Nathania and I went to Henry.G Leung Yau Ma Tei Community Centre. After went to that Community Centre, I knew that that building is used for helping homeless people and beggars to stay inside when there is a typhoon. But I remember that Leung Ma and her son never stay inside the Centre even though there is a typhoon. I think this is another problem in Yau Ma Tei. Why don't they use the resources that are given by the government? We need to discuss it later.

　　I think our group's video is great. If we need to improve our video, I think we need to improve our film editing. In our video, there are a few mistakes but we don't know how to handle them. So I want the video be better and be more perfect!

Red=Making comparisons, Yellow=Quantifiers, Blue=Measuring things