Going back home

So, this is it, I am going back to Xi'an in 4 days.

But……

I have a mixed feeling about this.

Excited?sure,
Anxious?Also

Last time I went back home, my old family's house was tore down for redevelopment, a new metro was being built. My friends were studying while I was on holiday.

This year, I do not know how things will turn out. Let's just hope for the best

Update

Secret Admirer-
Sometimes, there is a gap between what we want and what we can do, that was what happened to me last week.

I admit I am bit mean, but obviously I also overestimated my productivity. After spending two hours learning from a Japanese website about origami, I gave up. I did successfully made a duck, although what I really wanted was a crane……

So that's pretty much what happen, after that disappointing attempt, I went straightly to the store, bought a box of chocolate and stuck it on her door after midnight.

Fortunately my admirer is much better than me, left is what I got.











Halloween-
Well, there was a party, and I missed it. So there is little to say.

But seeing pictures from friends, I definitely feel great regard for not being in there, it was so fun!

Study-
Two weeks to go, that's all.

But here are some funny phrases we use these days, especially before exam, to encourage each other. It's a good way to relax. In case you are interested. Some call it Chinglish, I call it: English with Chinese characteristics

1.Good Good Study, Day Day Up
2.Add Oil
3.No Go No See
4.Give Back Colour

Anyone know what they mean?

To my dear friend ……

"life is difficulty in a foreign country, but that's precisely what makes us unique.

We suffer, We endure, We conquer! Every obstacle in our lives is a test, pass it, we learn; fail, we do it again! Being in another culture, the real learning is a process of self-rediscovery, asking the questions we have never asked before: What we are, Where we from, Why we are here. There are no right answers, only our own answers, find them, we find our sense of purpose. We are in a place where horizon lies, home afar, standing together we are; leaving past glories behind, day in, day out, we are achieving what we have never imaged before. I am with you."

--Mark



There are always times when we retreat, feel depressed, doubt ourselves, yet at the end of the day, here we stand, again, forever……

Admire her, secretly

Do not get me wrong, I have not have a girl in my mind YET. But here is how things go--"you will be secretly admiring XXX."

Welcome to Secret Admires Week!

Since this thing has become our daily dinner table topic this week, I feel obligated to report my progress, and events.

A little background information first. This is probably the last hostel event for the year. Everyone in our hostel is allocated to a person that he or she is going to secretly admire. Yeah, you got it right, the person is allocated! I am not making any choice here! Worse, the girl allocated to me has a boyfriend, and I am supposed to put flowers and chocolates outside her door!

Tricky eh!?

Shall I go ahead?
It's just for fun, right?(is that why it should be a secret?)

But there is another problem, I do not want to spend any money on this! I mean, I am just a poor student, so it's better to make something myself rather than buy chocolate.

Anyway, this is what I am doing right now, producing gifts!

What does a Chinese think of NZ

As a foreigner who stayed in NZ for only 3 years, talking about what makes NZ unique as a country is probably more like a show of ignorance than an expression of worthy opinion

But it's worthy trying though, at least this is what I think

All Black, Lord of the ring, Anti-nuclear¡­¡­

Everything I mentioned above represent NZ's great achievements, from sport, culture to people.

But I could hardly agree that these are where NZ's greatness lies

Products, whether material, spirital or cultural, are imitable.

Yet there is one thing that no country on the planet could change----their geographic position.

New Zealand is far from Europe, North America. She is almost isolated geographically.

But I think this is what all New Zealanders should be proud of----

Despite NZ's relatively isolated geographic position, she is still one of the most developed country in the world, she is still a liberal democracy, she is still open and prosper, finally, she is still the home of All black, Peter Jackson.

In the Southern Hemisphere, only New Zealand achieved this. Australia has plenty of land and resources, it has a far better geographic postion, but NZ does Not.

Being in the Southern Hemisphere itself is a great challenge, if you look at a world map, yet NZers have meet those challenges and NZ is continuing her success.