34 Welcome to Wuhan...

Wuhan is my hometown, which is the capital of the Hubei province - a modern metropolis with unlimited possibilities, situated in the heart of China. Wuhan is an energetic city, a commercial centre of finance, industry, trade and science, with many international companies located here. Having scientific, technological and educational institutions such as Laser City and the Wuhan University, the city is also an intellectual centre. With a history that dates back more than 3,500 years, Wuhan is one of the “Chinese Famous Cities of History and Culture”. Here and around East Lake you will find historical sites and beautiful nature. The main landmark inside the city is the Yellow Crane Tower. Situated at the crossroads of central China; Wuhan is a transportation hub for air, railway as well as ferry traffic. The distance from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou is more or less equal. And the giant Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the world's third longest river, and the Han River pass through the city. If you have chance, you may choose Wuhan for a vacationing.

33 Plan

          I will go back china this summer after I finish first summer session. I miss my family and Chinese food. I will use this summer to have a great rest in china. I hope I will have enough time with my family and friends. I also want to find a internship in bank which is useful for my major. Moreover, I will travel to some places in china which I wanted to go before. Although I just have 60 days for vacation, I still can do some meaningful things. After I go back to china, I will tell the things which happened in the US to my family and friends. I want to share my experience with them. 

32 library again....

I want to say I hate library... From last Sunday, I stayed at library till midnight everyday... I need to work on the final project of Eng104 and ISOM135.... So many things need to read and write... Now I am working on my blog. Maybe I need to post 4 more post in next couple hours...I want to sleep.

31 Log 10

Last week our class began to work on our final project. we were separated into five group.Our group includes Nick, Chao, Jing and me. Each Group chose one topic from oil, weapon, nuclear energy, alcohol and fast food. Our topic is alcohol. We need to write the positive aspects about alcohol. During the class time we did our group work. McArdle has shown the grade to some students...  Our group put our topic into four parts, which are history, social meaning, healthy benefit, economic. We tried to find the picture for our logo and wrote the introduction for our home page...Nick is a good guy and helps us a lot... Good luck with our website....

30 Blood Diamond

         In 1999, in Sierra Leone, the fisherman Solomon Vandy dreams on the day that his young son Dia Vandy will become a doctor. His dreams are shattered when the rebels invade his village and kidnap him to work in the diamond mines. Solomon finds a huge pink diamond and while hiding it, the commandant of the rebels sees, but the rebels are attacked and Salomon is arrested by the government army. While in jail, the wounded commandant tell the prisoners that Salomon found the stone, and the mercenary smuggler Danny Archer from Zimbabwe releases Salomon and proposes to exchange the diamond by his missing family. Using the idealistic American journalist Maddy Bowen, Danny locates the wife and daughters of Salomon in a refugee camp, but is informed that his son has been recruited by the rebels. Salomon and Danny consolidate a partnership, with Salomon looking for and finding his son, and Danny looking for the diamond and finding redemption.

         I know this movie from my classmate. And I think it is a good movie, which attract me want to watch it one more time. The perfect balance between entertainment and a thoughtful social commentary helps the center of the story to have a real heart and a palpable respect for audience. Blood Diamond is the kind of action film that makes you think that a moment of love, even in a bad man, can give meaning to a life...

29 Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again --- by Xu Zhimo

Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.

The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.

The floating heart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!

That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?

To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.

But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects heap silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!

Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away 

28 Happy birthday to Chao

       Tomorrow is Chao's 21st Birthday... We celebrated his birthday for him today... We went to the Wcculloch park to have BBQ... Nearly forty Chinese came to his birthday party. It is a big party. During his party we palyed some games which we only palyed when we were at primary school. However, we felt happy to paly those games. Also we palyed slide, swing, and seesaw. That made me feel I am a young child. I found that some easy games and playthings can make a big happy. Happy birthday to you, Chao!!!

27 The mean of failure

failure does not mean you are a failure, it does mean you have not succeeded yet.

failure does not mean you have accomplished nothing, it does mean you have learned something.

failure does not mean you have been a fool, it does mean you had a lot of faith.

failure does not mean you have been disgraced, it does mean you were willing to try.

failure does not mean you do not have it, it does mean you have to do something in a different way.

failure does not mean you are inferior, it does mean you are not perfect.

failure does not mean you have wasted your life, it does mean you have a reason yo start a fresh.

failure does not mean you should give up, it does mean you must try harder.

failure does not mean you will never make it, it does mean it take a little longer

failure does not mean God has abandoned you, it does mean God has a better idea.

26 Catch Me If You Can

       High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who is in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he has posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he has been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. 

        While watching Catch Me If You Can I had so much fun. That smile was interrupted by laughs. The movie tells the story of Frank W. Abignale, Jr. who is just a kid as he pretends to be a schoolteacher. After his father and mother get a divorce he runs away and starts pretending to be a co-pilot, a doctor, a lawyer. The way he does this is funny and brilliant.I am not a big fan of Leonardo DiCaprio who plays Frank but in this movie he is perfect. He gives a very fine performance. Tom Hanks is the FBI-agent Carl who is after him, and as always Hanks is good.The story is inspired by a real story. I don't know in how many ways it is true but watching this guy all I wanted to see was him pulling more of his nice little tricks. The scene where he pretends to be a schoolteacher is just great. If you want a nice funny movie, not too heavy, this one will definitely please you.

25 Happy April Fools' Day

         Unlike most of the other nonfoolish holidays, the history of April Fool’s Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. It is not like Halloween, where despite an interesting history, most people just put on Halloween costumes, get candy, and leave it at that. There really wasn't a "first April Fool's Day" that can be pinpointed on the calendar. Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.

       The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Prior to that year, the New Year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.

24 X-MEN

         In a world where both Mutants and Humans fear each other, Marie D'Ancanto, better known as Rogue, runs away from home and hitches a ride with another mutant, known as Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine. Charles Xavier, who owns a school for young mutants, sends Storm and Cyclops to bring them back before it is too late. Magneto, who believes a war is approaching, has an evil plan in mind, and needs young Rogue to help him.The X-Men learn that Magneto intends to use Rogue's ability on himself to power his machine. Xavier attempts to use Cerebro to locate Rogue but falls into a coma. Jean Grey fixes it and uses Cerebro to find Magneto's machine on Liberty Island, which Magneto intends to use on the world leaders who are meeting for a summit on nearby Ellis Island. Just as the group arrives at the top of the statue and kill Toad, Magneto and Sabretooth incapacitate the group and continue with their plans. Magneto transfers his powers to Rogue who is forced to use them to start the machine. Wolverine breaks free and initiates a fight with Sabretooth but is thrown over the side of the statue. Wolverine returns, and Cyclops, with Jean's help, blasts Sabretooth out of the statue. With Jean stabilizing him, Storm uses her abilities to send Wolverine to the top of Magneto's machine. With time running out, Wolverine attempts to stop the machine and save Rogue, but Magneto, now having regained some of his strength, halts Wolverine's claws. Cyclops manages to find a clean shot, wounding Magneto and allowing Wolverine to destroy the machine. Placing his hand to her face, Wolverine succeeds in transferring his regenerative abilities to a dying Rogue.

24 21st birthday~~

          Last Friday was my 21st birthday. My friends and I had a crazy birthday party. We ate chinese food hot pot, drank Champagne, and palyed games. I received gifts from my friends.

23 the Butterfly Effect

       This week my friends and I watched the movie The Butterfly Effect. It is a 2004 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart. The title refers to the butterfly effect, a popular metaphor for the principle in chaos theory. Kutcher plays 20 year old student Evan Treborn, with Smart as his childhood sweetheart Kayleigh Miller. He finds he has the ability to travel back in time to inhabit his former self and change the present. Having been the victim of several childhood traumas aggravated by stress-induced memory losses, he attempts to set things right for himself and his friends, but there are unintended consequences for all. The film draws heavily on flashbacks of the cast's lives at age 5, 7 and 13, and presents several alternate present day outcomes as Evan attempts to change the past, before settling on a final outcome. It is a great movie which let me know that small initial differences may over time lead to large unforeseen consequences.

22 Jumper

      
      Yesterday I saw a movie called Jumper, which was produced on 2008. The movie is about a genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between "Jumpers" and those who have sworn to kill them. It is amazing that the jumper can move to anyplace they want. However, it always show us a problem that if someone has a superperformance and on one can control him, he may use it in a bad way. For example, the hero in the movie use bank to train his superperformance. It is a good movie. I like this kind of movie.

Summer is coming```

     Since last week, the weather has become warmer. I like sunshine lol... I do need to bear snow and cold weather any more. The weather in my hometown is warm and hot... It never snows over two weaks... I miss the weather in my hometown... I still remember we palyed the basbetball outside with my friends during summer.

no topic

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

Life is not fair, get used to it.

New York~

       We spent four days in New York... We lived in the marriott marquis which is on the Time Square. On the first day, we went to the Statue of Liberty. In the afternoon of that day it started rain dogs and cats and we all got soaked. The second day, we went to the wall street. Then I found that the wall street bull is not on the wall street but the broadway. The third day we went the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum is located in New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.It is a memorable trip. I think I will go to New York again. 

No Topic

You may only be a person in this world, but for someone, you're the world.
No person deserves your tears, and who deservers them won't make you cry.

The worst way to miss someone is to be seated by his/her side and know you'll never have him/her.

Just because someone doesn't love you as you wish, it doesn't mean you're not loved with all his/her being.

I love you not for whom you are, but who I am when I'm by your side.

Spring Break!!!

        After one week exam, spring break is coming!! Boston and New York I am coming... waiting for me~~ I will meet my high school classmate in New York. It will be a fantastic experience. I miss Chinese food. Hoping this time I can enjoy delicious one```  We have 8 people to go together... I think the most happy time is to stay with friends. It doesn't matter where you go, but it is really important to travel with right people.

no topic

Maybe God wants you to meet many wrong people before you meet the right one,so when this happens,you’ll be thankfull.

There will always be people who’ll hurt you,so you need to continue trusting,just be careful.

Never stop smiling,not even when you’re sad,someone might fall in love with your smile.

Soccer Game

       Today, our Chinese students had a soccer game with South Korean students. I was the  referee of the game. Both of Chinese and Korean valued this game. Lots of students came to watch the game, also include some American students. What a pity, Our Chinese lost the game. From the game, I found some problems. First, our team players need to bulid up our health. The soccer game has 90 minutes, players need to have enough fitness. Second, soccer is a team work, everyone in our team need to have good soccer skill and need to know work as a group. It was a good game. Everyone in the field worked hard. I hope we can have a basketball game too. Then I can be one player of the game. I think I will win next time.

No topic

There is always a little truth behind every"just kidding",a little knowledge behind every"i don't know",a little emotion behind every"i don't care",and a little pain behind every"it's OK"

All Star Weeeekend!!

This weekend is All Star weekend!! The all star game is at LA this season. I enjoy watching basketball game especially NBA game. I like Iverson. He is a amazing guy. I still remember he leaded 76'ers to the NBA finals. He got 41 points and won Lakers at first game. However he was retired in 2009. Last night Griffin jumps over car to beat McGee, win 2011 Slam Dunk Contest. It was excellent. I think this year slam dunk contest is better than last year. Everyone had good ideas. However I think McGee more desired to win the game. I like his ideas more. 

1/12 Chinese game - ma jiang

Our friends and I often play this game. 

2/12 soccer game

Today our Chinese students hold a soccer game which is freshman VS sophomore. Each team have 8 players,and Chao was one of sophomore team. The game last lasted almost 2 hours. Finally, Our sophomore team beaten them 5-3. Yang scored a hat trick in the game. Chao also scored one goal. I hope next time we can have a basketball game.

2/6 Busy Week

      Last week is a busy week. I had four texts. Furthermore, I needed to prepare a sing for Friday's show, because the Spring Festival. However, I felt happy last week. I did a lot of things and got a good grade. Although it is cold last week, I felt good because I got everything down.Because the heavy snowing, four of my friends' cars were stuck in the deep snow. It is my first time to see so heavy snowing. We became temporary breakdown gang to lever their cars out of snow. It is cold but it is funny. I want to thank two American guys, they help us when we pull cars out. 

2/6 Spring Festival

        Last Friday, our Chinese students got together to celebrate Chinese traditional festival, spring festival. Spring Festival as it begins at the start of the spring term according to the Chinese calendar. While January 1st is easy to remember, the specific date of Chinese New Year changes each year, as it falls on the first day of the lunar calendar. In 2011, the first day of the new lunar year is February 3rd. This my second time to celebrate it in America. My families all got together except me :( . I talked with my parents by phone. I knew they will travel to a warm place during the festival. I hope they will have a nice break. Although I cannot celebrate it with my families, I still be with my friends. Yesterday, most Chinese students got together. We had food and shows. I also sang a song with my friends. We made dumpling which is important for Chinese new year. I think it is a meaningful New Year for me. 

Dumpling

My friend and I 

"chun jie - Spring Festival"

1/30 Obama's Speech

     President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address Tuesday to ask the nation to meet the challenges of a global economy, framing what he called a competitiveness agenda that includes traditional Democratic proposals like increased education spending, alongside gestures to Republicans seeking deep budget cuts.

    

       I like his speech. It is powerful and persuasive.During his speech, the loud applause of the audience interrupt him many times. I know some Chinese students use Obama's speech to practice English. When I was in IEI classes, I use his video to learn body language. 

        Obama mentioned china four times in his speech. It is a signal to show that America and China have same important status in economic area of the world. It also shows America and China need to help each other to development. As a Chinese international student, I am happy to see it. I hope Unite States and China use collaborative development instead of mutual conflict.

1/29 A moving story

         A girl and a boy were on a motorcycle,speeding through the night.they loved each other a lot..

girl:“Slow down a little..I'm scared..”
boy:“no,it's so fun..”
girl:“please...it's so scary..”
boy:“then say that you love me..”
girl:“fine..i love you..can you slow down now?”
boy:“give me a big hug..”
the girl gave him a big hug.
girl:“now can you slow down?”
boy:“can you take off my helmet and put it on? it's uncomfortable and It's bothering me while i drive.”
       the next day,there was a story in the newspaper.a motorcycle had crashed into a building because its brakes were broken.there were two people on the motorcycle,of which one died,and the other had survived...

　　the guy knew that the brakes were broken.he didn't want to let the girl know,because he knew that the girl would have gotten scared.instead,he was told the last time that she loved him,got a hug from her,put his helmet on her so that she can live,and die himself...

      love gives us a fairytale...

First paper

     It is really painful when I write the first paper. I spent whole Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon in this paper. When I began with this paper I have no idea. I did survey and tried to find some ideas from the answers. Searching source, reading article...in fact, I really hate to do that... However, when I finish the beginning of the paper, I got the idea. I wrote down the outline... Finally, I hand in my first draft. I hope I do well at end. By the way, I like Maldives. I will go there in the future before she disappear.

library

       This is the second time I go to library directly after class and stay here over five hours this week. When I was in Chinese university, I had never been to library. I want to say learning environment is so important. Since I came to America, I began to make study schedule. I set a goal for my study. Not every Chinese kid could study abroad. However i have the chance. I need to cherish it . Now I am sophomore，I still need two to three years to finish my bachelor degree. Then I will study for master’s degree. It takes long time. I always tell myself "you can do that". I believe "where there is a will, there is a way." It is the first step that costs troublesome. However, just like writing research paper. After  finishing the outline and introduction, things may become easier.
  

Justice

      All men should be created equal. We may come from different states, but we should be able to study in the same school. We may have different skin color, but we should have the same basic kindliness of spirit. Justice should be fundamental for family and society. Parents need to be just to their kids. Managers need to be just to their staff. It is important to have justice in our society. Justice could solve our problems. We cannot judge things by wealth, race, religion, or power. If we do so, the world will be chaos. We should create differences between each other.When we meet unfair treatment, we need to know a counterattack. Let others know we are not an easy target. I remember when I was in middle school basketball team, our team challenged the Junior League defending champion. In the first half, the referee was partial to the defending champion. Our team was losing during the first half. We became impatient and disorganized. During the half time break, our coach told us to ignore the referee and to try the best we could. He said charge is the best way for impartial referee. In the second half, we released our restlessness and did the best we could. Although we lost the game, we proved ourselves. Once I read an article from a Chinese newspaper. The title is “A Farmer VS an Estate Agent”. The estate agent violated the farmer’s right. The farmer did not eat humble pie. He took the estate agent to court. He collected evidences. Although the estate agent had billion Yuan and high social status, the estate lost the case.  The farmer used his action to protect his right. His action also told us the best way to unfair treatment is counterattack. 

winter break

     My friends and I went to Florida to have a warm winter break. We have driven 18 hours to arrive Orlando. We went to Disney World and Universal Studios. Roller coaster and 4D movies really appealed to us. We had a good time in the warm and beautiful city.After 8 days in Orlando, we drove to Key West, which is the southernmost of States. It took 7 hours to drive from Orlando to Key West. At Key West, Ocean, Beach, sunshine and seafood, all of those things were waiting us. We spent 3 days at Key West. Then we came back. The crazy thing is we did not find a place to have a sleep. We drove back Muncie directly. This trip is crazy and memorable. 

Spring ENG 104-43: Log Schedule

Spring ENG 104-43: Log Schedule: "Log #1 (1/18): Heather B. & Chao C. Log #2 (1/25): Caleb C. & Lacie D. & Kimberly F. Log #3 (2/1): Brandon F. & Nicholas G. ..."