From today to August 31st, my daughter will stay at home and her piano class stopped yesterday. After she had breakfast, we worked out a detailed English review plan for the coming three days. First Book 8 and then Book 7 and then Book 6, finally Book 5 if she has more time. After she first reviewed new words and phrases, recite the dialogues in Parts A and B, one dialogue each part. The review time is from 8:30 am to 11:00 am, and from2:30 pm to 5:30 pm every day, three days in total.
All day she did do very well according to the plan, and I hope that she will do much better tomorrow. And she can study conscientiously and voluntarily in accordance with the established plan arrangement. This is her greates progress in study I am looking forward to seeing until now. So I think the best education method is to encourage children to form a gooooood study habit and continue it firmly and lasting with perseverance.
Perhaps I am very tired and exausted today, so I did not get up until 3:30 pm when my student (Wang Zengjiao) telephoned me to wake me up. She received her university admission notice, but unfortunately she did not satisfy the college, the Feixian campus of Qingdao Polytechnic University. I have known this campus by chance, and it is not very good, or exactly speaking, it is not really a university campus. She was not sure whether she would go or not, so she telephoned me to want to know more about this campus and my opinion of her admission notice.
In fact, I was a littel shocked when I heard it. She is a very studious and hard-working student, but her physics is not very good, and has a bad knowledge foundation; her biggest drawback is carelessness and inadvertence in study. I am very sure that if she can overcome this shortcoming, she will have much more progress, and most importantly, she is very confident in herself. So I gave her my opinion and advised her going back to have a good review, and she said that her elder brother had the same advice as me.
We talked a lot for about 30 minutes because we had a very good terms with each other during the whole school term. Two exams after she just arrived at this class, she came to me for some help with her English. She graduated for Tancheng No.2 Middle School. And then we talked a lot about English study, and encouraged her to have a big confidence in herself and told her if she continued her perseverance she would pay off sooner or later. Meanwhile, I gave her some good English advice and methods. She did not agree with me any more. After that long talk, we also had several more chats about her study or study results after each important examination. She is so childish that she made some mistakes again and again; sometimes, she made up her mind to get rid of her bad habits, but in next exam, she would made this mistake agin.
So I strongly think she did not form a goooood study habit and gooooood thinking habit; it is not because she did not study very hard but becasue of her bad study habit that she did not make much more progress in study that she was still looking forward to. In all, she is a girl of great personality with a big heart. As a matter of fact, I like her and this kind of girls very much, so I strongly advised her going back to study hard for next year's college entrence examination, because I know her very much, and she has a very big dream of her own.
Afte a short time, my wife returned home from her work. Yesterday I spoke of it unintentionally that it is a long time since we ate dumplings, so today she bought some leek to prepare for leek dumplings. Then we went to the kitchen to prepare the dumplings stuff happily; I prepared the dough and she prepared the stuff. She mixed fried eggs, vermicelli and shrimps with leek to be the dumplings stuff, which is very delicious and inviting. And then we made the dumplings as we were watching CCTV 5: Starry Way, and my daughter was surfing the internet.
And then when we ate the inviting dumplings, I felt very very happy and comfortable and contented. How beatiful life is and I love it very much.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008 Fine
Today everthing went every well as usual in the morning. After my daughter returned home, she told me that the piano class stopped today, and she did not have to go to practise the piano tomorrow. After hearing of her words, I suddenly realized that the summer holidays will be over soon and I will go into my route of teaching.
Suddenly I did not know why I had such a bad notion that the holidays are always so short but a school term is always so long a hard one. In fact, time is the same to the holidays and a school term, and different is how you feel and what you think of. So in some sense, it only means that I am feeling a little depressed and a bit upset about the job of my own. I do not have much confidence in my future, and I also know it is not good for my coming new school term and my much progress in my teaching and research.
So it is where it is. But I can control my mood and attitude even though I can not change my working environment. How I should get along with others is not more than what attitude I should have towards them. Attitude determines everything! Passion is everything! I know these encouraging words, but I do not practise them evey well, so in the coming new school term, I will try my best to put them into practice to ignite myself and bright myself and push myself.
At about 2 pm, my daughter called me to wake up, but I was really really very tired and did not get up, and just wanted to sleep a little more. Then I hesitated a short time before I finally got up. But at last I got up because I suddenly realized it would be a bad example for my loving daughter if I did not get up on time when she got up to continue her revision plan. So I made up my mind to set a gooooood example for my daughter.
In the whole afternoon, my daughter continued her revision plan and went on to translate another half of the article I did not complete yersterday. In fact, I finished the big part of the part left in the morning. In the afternoon, I completed all the task of translation and did some tense change necessary.
After I published it in my English Garden, I felt very very relaxed and fine to be fresh. So if you want to have a feeling of happiness, the best way is to work yourself very hard first full of energy and enthusiasm, and then to relax yourself. After that, you will really feel yourself and can be very relaxed.
I am vey tired but also very happy. I work very hard but I am also very happy!
Suddenly I did not know why I had such a bad notion that the holidays are always so short but a school term is always so long a hard one. In fact, time is the same to the holidays and a school term, and different is how you feel and what you think of. So in some sense, it only means that I am feeling a little depressed and a bit upset about the job of my own. I do not have much confidence in my future, and I also know it is not good for my coming new school term and my much progress in my teaching and research.
So it is where it is. But I can control my mood and attitude even though I can not change my working environment. How I should get along with others is not more than what attitude I should have towards them. Attitude determines everything! Passion is everything! I know these encouraging words, but I do not practise them evey well, so in the coming new school term, I will try my best to put them into practice to ignite myself and bright myself and push myself.
At about 2 pm, my daughter called me to wake up, but I was really really very tired and did not get up, and just wanted to sleep a little more. Then I hesitated a short time before I finally got up. But at last I got up because I suddenly realized it would be a bad example for my loving daughter if I did not get up on time when she got up to continue her revision plan. So I made up my mind to set a gooooood example for my daughter.
In the whole afternoon, my daughter continued her revision plan and went on to translate another half of the article I did not complete yersterday. In fact, I finished the big part of the part left in the morning. In the afternoon, I completed all the task of translation and did some tense change necessary.
After I published it in my English Garden, I felt very very relaxed and fine to be fresh. So if you want to have a feeling of happiness, the best way is to work yourself very hard first full of energy and enthusiasm, and then to relax yourself. After that, you will really feel yourself and can be very relaxed.
I am vey tired but also very happy. I work very hard but I am also very happy!
Centuries-Olympic dream come true!
Tonight centuries Olympic dream finally come true
The 29th Olympic Games grandly opens in Beijing
The 29th Olympic Games grandly opens in Beijing
On August 2008 night, the worldwide attention-attracting opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games was held grandly at the National Stadium. President Hu Jintao attended the opening ceremony and announced that the ceremony opened. With more than 2,000 years of history of the Olympic movement and more than 5,000 years of splendid Chinese culture heritage making the other more beautiful, it will commonly write a new large chapter of human civilization.
State leaders, the IOC President Jacques Rogge, honorary life president Juan Antonio as well as leaders and dignitaries from around the world attend the opening ceremony, and with all the audience witnessed this exciting moment in history.
Under the darkness, the nest-modelling National Stadium is brilliant, gorgeous, magnificent and glorious. The grand stadium that can accommodate more than 90,000 is fully packed and all the audience is excitedly full of great joy. Before the formal opening ceremony, some performance teams presented the brilliant national songs and dances and rendered the scene is very warm atmosphere, which are from a number of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan.
At 19:51, in the joyful sound of music, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Jacques Rogge and so on go up the chairman podium, waving to the audience. Breaks out a long period of warm applause.
A dazzling ring illuminates the ancient sundial. In the central stadium, with many powerful beats, 2008 Fou drums, a kind of ancient Chinese percussion instrument, utter the sound of moving spirits, and the white lights on the Fou drums are flashing in turns, producing the numbers of countdwon. In the thunderous sound of the beat Fou drums, all the audience present cry loud with numbers’ transformation: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. 3, 2, 1, in the midst of cheers, greeting the opening ceremony starting time: 8pm sharp.
2008 actors beat and sing, reciting “That friends come from afar is very pleasant”to express our welcome to the Olympic athletes and guests from around the world. Multicolorful fireworks bloom in good order along the Beijing north-south axis, showing 29 huge footprints, a symbol of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games. One burning footprints after another flies across the night sky, all the way north, and change into down-flying stars over the national stadium, and then on the ground they all gather into glittering Olympic five rings, and finally the rings are lifted up slowly by the flying fairies dancing lightweight in the air. Full of romance and unique creation, this display of the Olympic rings move and shock the audience present.
“Five-star red flag flutters in the wind, how resounding the victory songs are. Sing our dear motherland, from now on towards a prosperous and powerful one ……” In the clear voices of a girl, China’s 56 chilren all clad in their national costumes enter the stadium, surrounding the bright five-star red flag.
At 8:12 pm, all rose, and the PRC military band plays the national anthem, and the PRC national flag is hoisted slowly. The audience present sing at the top of their voices, and the sonorous national anthem reverberates in the stadium.
Dark to light and Guqin sounding, a huge scroll spread slowly, and begins the large-scale cultural and arts performance which of the theme is the beautiful Olympics. It took artists more than 3 years to meticulously prepare this performance. With a display of novel ideas, strong Chinese styles and the rich appeal of performance practices, it dedicates to the world a gorgeous and splendid blend of the Olympics and Chinese civilization.
In the midst of elegant and remote tones of Guqin, some shadows of black dance and flutter on the white paper, just like an invisible hand is painting on it, and then a Chinese ink painting is rising slowly at the central stage of the stadium. 810 dancers all clad in Confucious period costumes and carrying bamboo scrolls, a kind of one of the earliest forms of books, intone “All are brothers around the world”,“There must be my teacher among three walking people”. 897 movable types transform into the different periods of Chinese character he which means harmony or peace, showing that it envolves from various stages of calligraphy, and the winding-rising Great Wall. All the programs such as pictures and words, show meaningful connotation and artistic conception, visually presenting that the Chinese culture goes back to ancient times and the enduring charm of our ancient “four great inventions”such as printing. On the mobile stage, four puppets of Beijing Opera and 800 actors performance the triumph scene of joy with the accompaniment of Jinghu, drums and gongs. Capacious and boundless desert, the choppy and waving sea, the pioneers’ arduous trek on the land and sea “Silk Road”, beautiful Kunqu floating here afar, 5 long scrolls of Chinese paintings spreading one by one, flying celestial nymphs dancing wearing colorful clothes, 32 dragon poles rising slowly, …… operas, Silk Roads, etiquettes with music etc., they are all warmly unrestrained, and gloriously magnificent, vividly demonstrating the ancient and profound Chinese culture. The piano music is bright and cheerful; 1000 actors dance on the stage disguising themselves as stars, just like the vast Heaven River was floating in the night sky, and finally set up the star-glittering Nest, and a beautiful girl dressed in red is flying a kite across the starry night sky. The Tai Chi performace is not only vigorous with grace but also full of power and grandeur; in the center of Tai Chi, innocent and artless children are singing folk songs, and carrying colorful pencils are depicting out in the ink painting green hills, blue waters and the smiling sun, and the colorful birds spreading their wings and flying in the sky. …… All these performancing arts of simplicity and lasting appeal profoundly embody the Chinese excitement of embracing the great Olympics and the sincere pursuit of peace and harmony.
The grand music is suddenly played. In the vast and expansive universe, stars spangle and the blue earth slowly rotates, with 58 actors running and jumping on the planet. The British singer Sarah Brightman and China’s singer Liu Huan passionately sing the theme song of the Bejing Olympic Games “You and me”: You and I, heart to heart, live in the global village. For a dream, we cover a thousand li and meet in Beijing. ……” 2008 smiling faces of children around the world are showed at the stadium, and the wide-smiling faces also appear on the projection screens at the top of the stadium. The heartfelt theme song and the smiling faces of different skin colors is a lively interpretation of the Beijing Olympic Games theme“One World, One Dream”.
At 9:10 pm, the admission of athletes begins. The military band played by turns the classical music of different styles from five different continents. The Greek delegation from the birthplace of the Olympic movement first enters the stadium, and then delegations of other countries and regions follow according to the order of simplified and admitted Chinese character strokes. A total of 204 delegations of countries and regions participate in this Olympics. During the following 16 days, more than 10,000 athletes from all over the world will compete under the five-ring Olympic flag. Athletes are all full of youthful energy and in high spirits, smiling and waving to the audience from time to time. The audience present show that they are welcome to come to Beijing with warm applauses and cheers.
At 11:09 pm, the host Chinese delegation enters the stadium last. Chinese sports delegation is composed of 1099, including 639 athletes, the biggest number than any other previous Olympic delegation and also the largest delegation of athletes participation.
Yao Ming, our flag-holder and a famous basketball player, walks at the forefront of the process with Lin Hao, a primary school student of Grate Two from Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County in Sichuan province. At the moment Wenchuan huge earthquake occurred, the 9-year-old little Lin Hao bravely faced the music, and stormed into the ruins to rescue the students, and later was rated as a juvenile hero of earthquake relief. That Chinese people facing disasters courageously demonstrates the perseverance and unyielding tenacity greatly touches all the Chinese and foreign audience. The audience burst into stormy and thunderous applause, cheering constantly. Go China resounds throughout the stadium.
In the process of admission, each athlete leaves a colorful footprint on the drawing of scroll at the centre of the stadium. Colorful footprints and the drawings of cultural performances together constitue a beautiful scene of Human Homeland.
Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee President Liu Qi addresses a speech on behalf of BOGOC, warmly welcoming athletes, coaches, and guests from various countries and regions of the world, and expressing our sincere thanks to the IOC, international individual sports organizations, all the builders and workers participating in the BOG organization and building, all the friends showing concern and support for the BOG. Liu Qi says that the important mission of the BOG is to promote cultural exchanges between the countries in the world. We sincerely hope that friends can have a beautiful memory of Chinese long history and culture and passionate and hospitable Chinese people.
And then IOC President Jacques Rogge addresses a speech at the opening ceremony. He thanks the BOGOC and tens of thousands of volunteers for their hardworking delecation. He says that we are in the same world, and we have the same dreams, and hopes that this Olympic Games will bring us joy, hope and pride.
At 11:36 pm, a long-expected moment arrives. State President Hu Jintao announces with a resonant voice: The 29th Beijing Olympic Games opens!
Immediately, the dazzling fireworks bloom in the night sky; the boiling melodies resounds throughout the stadium; colorful flags wave; and passionate people cheer constantly.
8 flag-holders enter the stadium carrying the Olympic flag. They are the representatives of elite athletes of different periods of our country’s sports development. Zheng Fengrong is the first athlete of our country who broke the women’s high jump world record in the history of our track and field. Mu Xiangxiong is a swimming master who broke the world record in the 100m breaststroke three times. Zhang Xielin stormed to the table tennis world champion several times. Pando (Pan Duo) is the first female athlete who stepped on the Everest. Li Lingwei won 13 badminton world champion. Yang Ling, a shooting player, set the Olympic record in 10m mobile target shooting. Xiong Ni is a diving player who collected gold and silver in four consecutive Olympic Games. Yang Yang, a short track speed skating player, realized the “zero breakthrough” for our country in the Winter Olympic Games. 80 children are dressed in national costumes and sing the Olympic theme song. The Olympic flag raises slowly, and flutters high above the stadium with the five-star red flag.
Under the five-ring flag, Chinese player Zhang Yining and Chinese referee Huang Liping respectively are on oath on behalf of all participating athletes and referees.
“We meet here, different languages, but the same smile, ……” In the beautiful song, 100 girls in white keep time of rhythms, cross their arms and wave their hands, as white peace doves are flapping and flying. Athletes and audience wave their arms together with the girls. The spectacular scene of tens of thousands of doves flying deeply expresses people’s ardent expectation for peace.
At 11:54 pm, the Olympic flame from Olympia arrives at the Bird’s Nest, and the exciting Olympic flame-lit ceremony is about to begin. All the spectators wave colorful flashlights, like millions of stars flickering brightly. In the past more than four months, the Olympic torch travels across five continents and vast land of our country, and first on the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. More than 20,000 Chinese and foreign torchers participate in the torch relay, all the way igniting passions and all the way transmitting dreams.
8 torchholders lift the torch high, continuing the final relay at the stadium. Xu Haifeng is China’s ever firdt Olympic gold medalist in the history of Olympics. Gao Min is China’s first Olympic springboard diving gold medal winner. Li Xiaoshuang is the first winner of Olympic individual all-round gymnastics gold medal. Zhang Xugang is only one player who won two Olympic gold medals in the history of weightlifting. Zhang Jun is the first winner of Olympic badminton mixed doubles gold medal in China’s Olympic history. Chen Zhong is China’s ever first over-67kg taekwondo Olympic champion. These well-known athletes, who once created many magnificiences lift the torch high and jog in the stadium, who are warmly welcome by all the spectators present.
At 0:00 am on the day of 9th, Sun Jinfang, the seventh torchholder, who was former captain of the Chinese women’s volleyball team and made her great contributions to winning the “three consecutive championships” holds the torch to come to a high platform in the stadium. There she lights the torch in the hand of Li Ning, a famous gymnastist, who is waiting there. And then Li flies in the sky with the torch in his hand, running strongly on a Chinese scroll which is spread slowly at the same time above the stadium, and on it appears the video of globle torch passing of Beijing Olympic flame.
At 0:04 am, Li Ning running in the air comes to the torchtower lights the fuse. The great torch at once bursts forth a huge raging flame, making all the stadium brilliant and sparkling.
The holy flame is kindled and all are boiling. Magnificent fireworkd rise high into the air, forming the rainbow over the stadium. Unrestrained music and warm deafening cheers make the exciting atmosphere present to the peak. Meanwhile, more than 40,000 fireworks burn at the same time, making all Beijing brilliant and splendid with a blaze of colour.
Happy sounds of singing and strong dances emerge a grand event with a bustling night. This is a memorable moment 1.3 billion Chinese people will never forget, and another glorious moment of the modern Olympic movement. After seven years of meticulous preparations, China dedicates to the world the grand celebration of sharing friendship and peace.
Tonight, Beijing does not sleep! Tonight, the world celebrates together!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Fine
I am very glad and very happy that everything went very well exactly like a clock. My daughter went to her piano class in the morning, and in the afternoon, she continued her revision plan in her own room. My wife worked all day long in the hospital, and at noon, she surely told me that it will not be long before the Chinese medicine hopsital conbines with the County No.1 People's Hospital. I am very happy to hear that only because she can have a salary rise.
In the morning Ma telephoned me again to talk about that matter of yesterday and he wanted me to go with together to the grate office, but I did not receive Xu's any message about it, so it is not polite for to go there drectly. So he first went there and a short time Xu informed me of it by telephone. We talked a lot about it but we finally could not change anything, so I finally decided to accept the assignment of my job, and I am not very sure that I like it very much. I felt a little upset about the two experimental classes:Classes 15 and 16, which were taken by my student Sun Tao ago. He was asked to take Classes 17 and 18. I was and am feeling a little embarassed now because of all that. So the best answer to this problem is to accept it without any explanation.
In the whole afternoon I was still translating an article about the Beijing Olympic Games. But I don't finish it now, and have just finished translating half of it. This article is about the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games. As soon as the Olympic Games started, I wanted to translate it in memory of this grand and gorgeous event, but because I spent much more time watching the games most of the time, I delayed this task that I assigned me. So until today, I did set out to do it. I think it is very arduous, but it is very interesting and meaningful, and I have learned a lot through this job.
In the afternoon, I felt very tired and exausted, so I stopped the translation and had a very good rest to relax myself. I watched the Korean soap opera You are loving with my wife after my daughter went to bed after her shower.
I felt a little fine after a short time.
In the morning Ma telephoned me again to talk about that matter of yesterday and he wanted me to go with together to the grate office, but I did not receive Xu's any message about it, so it is not polite for to go there drectly. So he first went there and a short time Xu informed me of it by telephone. We talked a lot about it but we finally could not change anything, so I finally decided to accept the assignment of my job, and I am not very sure that I like it very much. I felt a little upset about the two experimental classes:Classes 15 and 16, which were taken by my student Sun Tao ago. He was asked to take Classes 17 and 18. I was and am feeling a little embarassed now because of all that. So the best answer to this problem is to accept it without any explanation.
In the whole afternoon I was still translating an article about the Beijing Olympic Games. But I don't finish it now, and have just finished translating half of it. This article is about the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games. As soon as the Olympic Games started, I wanted to translate it in memory of this grand and gorgeous event, but because I spent much more time watching the games most of the time, I delayed this task that I assigned me. So until today, I did set out to do it. I think it is very arduous, but it is very interesting and meaningful, and I have learned a lot through this job.
In the afternoon, I felt very tired and exausted, so I stopped the translation and had a very good rest to relax myself. I watched the Korean soap opera You are loving with my wife after my daughter went to bed after her shower.
I felt a little fine after a short time.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Fine
Today everything went very well as usual according to its previous route.
In the morning, I translated two pieces of my blog-friends' essays, one My August's Sky and the other Smile to sing the songs of life, which I have liked very much. My August's Sky presents a loving emotion between the two lovers who love each other very deeply. I am very touched by their missing each other and thinking of each other and bless them a gooooood life. Smile to sing the songs of life is teaching you how to cope with your troubles, your setbacks, your loneliness and your happiness in your own life. It deeply moves me in the bottom of my heart. It also indicates that I am not sure about the real life and have no idea how I can have a goooood and loving and happy life now and in the future. It also means that life is not easy for every one of us, so we must take it seriously and face it bravely and courageously.
In the afternoon, I was surfing the internet and my daughter went on her revision plan peacefully. I visited my blog-friends' websites and did some responses to their information. After a short time, I received a telephone from my friend and colleague Ma Baolong, who was out of the school then. He told me that Xu Hui, head of Senior One, telephoned him and asked him to take charge of the lessons of two experimental classes. And then he told me that Xu wanted me to take charge of another two experimental classes, and asked me if I would like to take it in the new school term.
To be honest, I would like to go and work with Xu, who is very good and impressive and very capable with great ability and grear courage. I also like him himself. We are having a goood terms with each other untill now. But in the matter of fact, I don't want to go to his senior group, only because I will not be feeling very well in that English office because of a woman. I know that I am very wrong to think about that and her, but I must not be feeling fine to work with her all day and all month and all year. Her biggest drawback is that she is always looking down at others and thinking very low of others, showing off herself, and she is very very difficult to get on with.
So I don't decide to go or not go. It all depends tomorrow.
A short time after I answered Ma's telephone, I went out to have my hair cut. I havn't had it cut since about three months ago. I usually have my hair cut every three months. I was very lucky that there was only one man who was being shaved. It was at 5:40 pm when I arrived there. First I had my hair cut and then had my hair dyed black. It was 30 minutes before I had my hair dyed well. I returned home at 6:40 pm.
I was feeling very well after I had my hair cut and felt relaxed in the mind and spirit. Andalso I felt free and fresh.
In the morning, I translated two pieces of my blog-friends' essays, one My August's Sky and the other Smile to sing the songs of life, which I have liked very much. My August's Sky presents a loving emotion between the two lovers who love each other very deeply. I am very touched by their missing each other and thinking of each other and bless them a gooooood life. Smile to sing the songs of life is teaching you how to cope with your troubles, your setbacks, your loneliness and your happiness in your own life. It deeply moves me in the bottom of my heart. It also indicates that I am not sure about the real life and have no idea how I can have a goooood and loving and happy life now and in the future. It also means that life is not easy for every one of us, so we must take it seriously and face it bravely and courageously.
In the afternoon, I was surfing the internet and my daughter went on her revision plan peacefully. I visited my blog-friends' websites and did some responses to their information. After a short time, I received a telephone from my friend and colleague Ma Baolong, who was out of the school then. He told me that Xu Hui, head of Senior One, telephoned him and asked him to take charge of the lessons of two experimental classes. And then he told me that Xu wanted me to take charge of another two experimental classes, and asked me if I would like to take it in the new school term.
To be honest, I would like to go and work with Xu, who is very good and impressive and very capable with great ability and grear courage. I also like him himself. We are having a goood terms with each other untill now. But in the matter of fact, I don't want to go to his senior group, only because I will not be feeling very well in that English office because of a woman. I know that I am very wrong to think about that and her, but I must not be feeling fine to work with her all day and all month and all year. Her biggest drawback is that she is always looking down at others and thinking very low of others, showing off herself, and she is very very difficult to get on with.
So I don't decide to go or not go. It all depends tomorrow.
A short time after I answered Ma's telephone, I went out to have my hair cut. I havn't had it cut since about three months ago. I usually have my hair cut every three months. I was very lucky that there was only one man who was being shaved. It was at 5:40 pm when I arrived there. First I had my hair cut and then had my hair dyed black. It was 30 minutes before I had my hair dyed well. I returned home at 6:40 pm.
I was feeling very well after I had my hair cut and felt relaxed in the mind and spirit. Andalso I felt free and fresh.
Ceremony draws worldwide attention（reproduced）
Stunning display, UK press says
The British press spoke in praise of the spectacular Beijing Olympics opening ceremony unanimously, calling it the best ever and a stunning display of China's rising confidence.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), also ran live broadcasts of the opening ceremony on its BBC1 and BBC high definition channels.
Huw Edwards, who delivered the commentary with Sue Barker in Beijing, noted China's confidence.
A presenter with Eurosport hailed the Games as "bigger than anything imaginable", calling the ceremony an "extraordinary" and "extravagant" presentation.
The Financial Times said "the most certain victory of the Olympic Games was duly ratified on Friday night when China won the gold medal in the opening ceremony competition - presumably for all time".
The paper noted that no country in the world ever has - or will - match the Chinese in effort, human power, synchronicity, and ingenuity.
Calling it an enormous show and a gigantic event, the paper said the first triumph belonged to the evening's auteur Zhang Yimou, who insisted on traditional lines: nationalism with Chinese characteristics.
The Guardian displayed a photo captioned "Beijing Olympics take flight" showing the Bird's Nest being lit up by fireworks.
The Guardian said the ceremony that opened the 29th Olympic Games on Friday night outdid all of its predecessors in numbers, color, demonstrating to the world that the new China intends to make its presence felt.
The Daily Telegraph said: "China marches on to world stage." It published a photograph of hundreds of Chinese dancers wearing feather headdresses to represent the age of Confucius.
The paper said China had showed itself to the world leaders present in the stadium and to a television audience of billions.
The tabloid Daily Mail said Hollywood "will study the DVD of the performances for years to come and plunder Beijing's visual tricks".
Sharing in pride
The Chinese shared the Olympic pride as they watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.
In Beijing, locals and visitors braved stifling heat as they crowded parks and other designated viewing areas to see the opening ceremony, the paper said.
"They might not have tickets to the Games. They might never set foot inside the stadium. But wherever there was a TV screen, big or small, the people of Beijing on Friday gathered and cheered, soaking up this brief moment in the long history of this ancient capital when the Olympic flame illuminated the Chinese sky," the paper said.
Despite heat and the threat of a summer shower, locals poured into designated parks and viewing areas in Beijing, grandparents and babies in tow, some waiting hours for a foothold among the standing-room-only crowds of thousands, the paper said.
"I am so proud to be Chinese tonight," Ju Ke, a 19-year-old animation student who got a front row seat on the grass of Ditan Park before two giant monitors, was quoted as saying.
"China has made so much progress in recent years," he said. "Chinese culture is so amazing. The Olympics were hard-earned."
All the years of waiting and sacrifice seemed worth it when the Games finally began at that auspicious 8 minutes past 8 on the eighth day of the eight month in the eighth year past the second millennium, the paper said.
"They've probably been preparing for this day since Deng Xiaoping opened up China to the world," Nicholas Martelli, a Chinese language student from Italy, said. He also had waited hours to see the show on the big screen along with a group of visitors from Spain.
The US Miami Herald said "the Beijing Olympic organizers dazzled an audience of 91,000 at the whimsical Bird's Nest Stadium and another estimated 4 billion watching on television with a colorful, imaginative opening ceremony that bridged ancient and modern Chinese history."
The New York Times said on its website: "An ecstatic China, an ancient nation so determined to be a modern power, finally got its Olympic moment on Friday night ... the 2008 Beijing Olympics began with an opening ceremony of soaring fireworks, lavish spectacle and a celebration of Chinese culture and international good will."
The Wall Street Journal said on its website that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games "is expected to attract 4 billion viewers, probably the largest number in Olympic history".
The World Journal said in an editorial the Beijing Olympic Games opened successfully, as wished by 1.3 billion Chinese people and overseas Chinese. It was a big day for China.
CNN, ABC and Yahoo also gave wide coverage to the opening ceremony.
Japanese front page news
In Japan, nearly all the major newspapers - Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shimbun published news of the grand event on the front pages of their evening editions.
The state broadcaster NHK (Nihon Hoso Kyokai) televised live the entire ceremony.
Kyodo News and Jiji press, the two leading Japanese news agencies, continuously updated their news items about the event and released striking pictures of the performances at the ceremony.
"Tonight, the Bird's Nest was turned into a red sea of joy with smiling faces everywhere," Mainichi Shimbun said
To host the Olympics, which was a 100-year dream of the Chinese people, will speed up China's development toward maturity, Jiji press said.
Spaniards 'delighted'
The Spanish media was impressed and delighted with Friday's opening ceremony of the Games.
The spectacular event was seen live by around five million Spaniards, and was the main item of Friday evening's news bulletins.
Television channel Antena 3 described the ceremony as "an astonishing effort". While Cuatro called it "impressive".
Radio station Cadena COPE said it was "the most dramatic Olympic opening ceremony ever".
Television Espanola - the state-owned channel that holds the rights to screen the Olympics - featured an interview with Crown Prince Felipe, who is head of the Spanish delegation.
Prince Felipe said their Chinese hosts had made them feel "very welcome indeed", and that "we are hoping for a very strong Spanish performance here".
Spain is hoping to improve on its performance four years ago in Athens, where it won 19 medals.
Live TV broadcasts
In France, French TV channel France 2 televised live the opening ceremony with explanations of performances depicting China's history.
In South Korea, KBS, MBC and SBS TV stations also showed the opening ceremony live.
KBS invited a Chinese student in South Korea as a guest to explain to viewers performances at the opening ceremony, while MBC sent Chinese-speaking reporters to Beijing to cover the event.
In Thailand, TV commentators of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) lauded the opening ceremony, calling it "the most spectacular Olympics opening ever".
"Beautiful indeed," Thai TV anchors repeatedly said when seeing a central stage designed in the form of an ancient Chinese scroll with artists "dancing out" traditional Chinese paintings.
Canadians celebrate
About 5,000 people gathered outside a movie theater in Toronto early on Friday morning, hoping to watch the spectacular opening ceremony on the big screen in high-definition.
Although the show was not due to start until 8 am local time, many people, young and old, arrived at the Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts well before sunrise.
A year ago, the theater decided to show for free the opening ceremony because of the demand.
"When I arrived at 5:30 am, there were about 700 people here," Michael Grit, one of the organizers, said.
"The theater can only accommodate 3,700 people, so we had to turn about 1,000 people away," Grit said.
The audience was amazed at the dazzling performances, which they though not only demonstrated China's great ancient culture, but also its progress in modern science and technology.
"It was amazing - I liked it and I'm proud of it," said one young woman of Chinese origin.
In Vancouver, the event was televised at 5 am, but that did not deter viewers.
To celebrate the historical occasion, several government officials and Chinese embassy staff gathered at the City Hall in Ottawa to raise the Olympic flag.
"Beijing and Ottawa are sister cities, the flag-hoisting ceremony was meant not only to mark the opening of the Games, but also to express our best wishes for the friendship between the two cities," Ottawa mayor Larry O'Brien said.
Federal Environment Minister John Baird said: "The opening ceremony was stunningly spectacular. It's not something you see every day. It was an exciting occasion for Chinese and Canadians."
In Montreal's China town, hundreds gathered before a big screen to enjoy the show.
The Chinese communities in Vancouver and Ottawa have planned parties and parades in the coming days to celebrate their home country for hosting the Olympics for the first time.
Reception pleases Iraqis
Iraqis on Friday were happy to see their athletes at the opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympics, and witness the spectacular event.
"Just as I had expected, the Chinese did not miss the opportunity to demonstrate the distinctive characteristics of their ancient culture," 55-year-old Adel Rasheed said.
"They not only evoked people's curiosity about China's history, but also showed their superiority in modern science and technology."
The Rasheed family shared the occasion with their neighbor Basim Ali, 54, in Baghdad's western district of Yarmouk.
Before the opening ceremony, they had got themselves a generator and enough fuel in case there should be a power failure. Baghdad suffers from a chronic power shortage.
"I wonder if the number eight that the Chinese believe brings good luck holds true for all people of the world," Rasheed said.
He was referring to the UN announcement on the very same day 20 years ago, which signaled the end of the devastating eight-year war between Iraq and Iran.
When popular singer Liu Huan, and British diva Sarah Brightman were about to start their duet of the Olympic theme song, Um Sameer, Basim's wife, took out her mobile phone and asked everyone to keep quiet.
"I recorded the song because I heard it would be performed by a Chinese and a British singer. I did not want to miss the opportunity. Now I can listen to it whenever I want," she said.
The Iraqi team's participation in the Games at one point was doubtful due to a dispute. Iraq eventually sent a very small team.
"I did not expect to see any of our top leaders at the stadium to welcome our athletes. But I was sure the Chinese people would give them a warm welcome," Muhammad Hussan, 20, said.
"I was not disappointed. When our team entered the stadium applause broke out. They were also cheered by the millions of Iraqis glued to their TVs at home," Hussan said.
Rasheed said: "I feel proud of our athletes. They are few in number, but they give me the sense that we are part of the world community, we are not alone. People do care about our sufferings."
Belgians give thumbs up
In Brussels, heart of the European Union (EU), overseas Chinese, along with dozens of Belgians, gathered before a big flat screen in a Chinese restaurant to watch the opening ceremony.
As one of nearly 4 billion viewers across the world, David Fouquet, director of the Brussels-based Asia Europe Project Information Service, said: "It was quite impressive. It would have been even more impressive if I could have been there rather than watching it on the screen."
Andre Puttemans, managing director of a business consultancy, said: "The opening ceremony was not a copy of the Western world. It was Chinese.
"I think the Chinese people have the right to be very proud of what they have achieved."
When the national flag of China was raised at the beginning of the ceremony, everyone in the restaurant stood up to show their respect and admiration, Puttemans said.
"In dealing with China over the last 22 years, I have seen great changes there. I think in spite of all the difficulties before the Games, my personal feeling is China has been evolving nicely," he said.
Bernard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said the opening ceremony presented a modern and changing China.
"It was beautiful. The ceremony showed that China is a modern country," he said.
Dewit, a lawyer who published a book on Chinese business law in 1980s, said China's hosting of the Olympic Games marked a step forward for the emerging nation to be more open to the outside world.
"It will convince people that China is continuing with its opening up," Dewit said.
He said it was a good coincidence that this year China was also celebrating the 30th anniversary of its opening up policy, which was introduced by the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1978.
Dewit said the Games would definitely help promote China, which is already one of the world's most vibrant economies and promising markets.
The British press spoke in praise of the spectacular Beijing Olympics opening ceremony unanimously, calling it the best ever and a stunning display of China's rising confidence.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), also ran live broadcasts of the opening ceremony on its BBC1 and BBC high definition channels.
Huw Edwards, who delivered the commentary with Sue Barker in Beijing, noted China's confidence.
A presenter with Eurosport hailed the Games as "bigger than anything imaginable", calling the ceremony an "extraordinary" and "extravagant" presentation.
The Financial Times said "the most certain victory of the Olympic Games was duly ratified on Friday night when China won the gold medal in the opening ceremony competition - presumably for all time".
The paper noted that no country in the world ever has - or will - match the Chinese in effort, human power, synchronicity, and ingenuity.
Calling it an enormous show and a gigantic event, the paper said the first triumph belonged to the evening's auteur Zhang Yimou, who insisted on traditional lines: nationalism with Chinese characteristics.
The Guardian displayed a photo captioned "Beijing Olympics take flight" showing the Bird's Nest being lit up by fireworks.
The Guardian said the ceremony that opened the 29th Olympic Games on Friday night outdid all of its predecessors in numbers, color, demonstrating to the world that the new China intends to make its presence felt.
The Daily Telegraph said: "China marches on to world stage." It published a photograph of hundreds of Chinese dancers wearing feather headdresses to represent the age of Confucius.
The paper said China had showed itself to the world leaders present in the stadium and to a television audience of billions.
The tabloid Daily Mail said Hollywood "will study the DVD of the performances for years to come and plunder Beijing's visual tricks".
Sharing in pride
The Chinese shared the Olympic pride as they watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.
In Beijing, locals and visitors braved stifling heat as they crowded parks and other designated viewing areas to see the opening ceremony, the paper said.
"They might not have tickets to the Games. They might never set foot inside the stadium. But wherever there was a TV screen, big or small, the people of Beijing on Friday gathered and cheered, soaking up this brief moment in the long history of this ancient capital when the Olympic flame illuminated the Chinese sky," the paper said.
Despite heat and the threat of a summer shower, locals poured into designated parks and viewing areas in Beijing, grandparents and babies in tow, some waiting hours for a foothold among the standing-room-only crowds of thousands, the paper said.
"I am so proud to be Chinese tonight," Ju Ke, a 19-year-old animation student who got a front row seat on the grass of Ditan Park before two giant monitors, was quoted as saying.
"China has made so much progress in recent years," he said. "Chinese culture is so amazing. The Olympics were hard-earned."
All the years of waiting and sacrifice seemed worth it when the Games finally began at that auspicious 8 minutes past 8 on the eighth day of the eight month in the eighth year past the second millennium, the paper said.
"They've probably been preparing for this day since Deng Xiaoping opened up China to the world," Nicholas Martelli, a Chinese language student from Italy, said. He also had waited hours to see the show on the big screen along with a group of visitors from Spain.
The US Miami Herald said "the Beijing Olympic organizers dazzled an audience of 91,000 at the whimsical Bird's Nest Stadium and another estimated 4 billion watching on television with a colorful, imaginative opening ceremony that bridged ancient and modern Chinese history."
The New York Times said on its website: "An ecstatic China, an ancient nation so determined to be a modern power, finally got its Olympic moment on Friday night ... the 2008 Beijing Olympics began with an opening ceremony of soaring fireworks, lavish spectacle and a celebration of Chinese culture and international good will."
The Wall Street Journal said on its website that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games "is expected to attract 4 billion viewers, probably the largest number in Olympic history".
The World Journal said in an editorial the Beijing Olympic Games opened successfully, as wished by 1.3 billion Chinese people and overseas Chinese. It was a big day for China.
CNN, ABC and Yahoo also gave wide coverage to the opening ceremony.
Japanese front page news
In Japan, nearly all the major newspapers - Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun and Nihon Keizai Shimbun published news of the grand event on the front pages of their evening editions.
The state broadcaster NHK (Nihon Hoso Kyokai) televised live the entire ceremony.
Kyodo News and Jiji press, the two leading Japanese news agencies, continuously updated their news items about the event and released striking pictures of the performances at the ceremony.
"Tonight, the Bird's Nest was turned into a red sea of joy with smiling faces everywhere," Mainichi Shimbun said
To host the Olympics, which was a 100-year dream of the Chinese people, will speed up China's development toward maturity, Jiji press said.
Spaniards 'delighted'
The Spanish media was impressed and delighted with Friday's opening ceremony of the Games.
The spectacular event was seen live by around five million Spaniards, and was the main item of Friday evening's news bulletins.
Television channel Antena 3 described the ceremony as "an astonishing effort". While Cuatro called it "impressive".
Radio station Cadena COPE said it was "the most dramatic Olympic opening ceremony ever".
Television Espanola - the state-owned channel that holds the rights to screen the Olympics - featured an interview with Crown Prince Felipe, who is head of the Spanish delegation.
Prince Felipe said their Chinese hosts had made them feel "very welcome indeed", and that "we are hoping for a very strong Spanish performance here".
Spain is hoping to improve on its performance four years ago in Athens, where it won 19 medals.
Live TV broadcasts
In France, French TV channel France 2 televised live the opening ceremony with explanations of performances depicting China's history.
In South Korea, KBS, MBC and SBS TV stations also showed the opening ceremony live.
KBS invited a Chinese student in South Korea as a guest to explain to viewers performances at the opening ceremony, while MBC sent Chinese-speaking reporters to Beijing to cover the event.
In Thailand, TV commentators of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) lauded the opening ceremony, calling it "the most spectacular Olympics opening ever".
"Beautiful indeed," Thai TV anchors repeatedly said when seeing a central stage designed in the form of an ancient Chinese scroll with artists "dancing out" traditional Chinese paintings.
Canadians celebrate
About 5,000 people gathered outside a movie theater in Toronto early on Friday morning, hoping to watch the spectacular opening ceremony on the big screen in high-definition.
Although the show was not due to start until 8 am local time, many people, young and old, arrived at the Richmond Hill Center for the Performing Arts well before sunrise.
A year ago, the theater decided to show for free the opening ceremony because of the demand.
"When I arrived at 5:30 am, there were about 700 people here," Michael Grit, one of the organizers, said.
"The theater can only accommodate 3,700 people, so we had to turn about 1,000 people away," Grit said.
The audience was amazed at the dazzling performances, which they though not only demonstrated China's great ancient culture, but also its progress in modern science and technology.
"It was amazing - I liked it and I'm proud of it," said one young woman of Chinese origin.
In Vancouver, the event was televised at 5 am, but that did not deter viewers.
To celebrate the historical occasion, several government officials and Chinese embassy staff gathered at the City Hall in Ottawa to raise the Olympic flag.
"Beijing and Ottawa are sister cities, the flag-hoisting ceremony was meant not only to mark the opening of the Games, but also to express our best wishes for the friendship between the two cities," Ottawa mayor Larry O'Brien said.
Federal Environment Minister John Baird said: "The opening ceremony was stunningly spectacular. It's not something you see every day. It was an exciting occasion for Chinese and Canadians."
In Montreal's China town, hundreds gathered before a big screen to enjoy the show.
The Chinese communities in Vancouver and Ottawa have planned parties and parades in the coming days to celebrate their home country for hosting the Olympics for the first time.
Reception pleases Iraqis
Iraqis on Friday were happy to see their athletes at the opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympics, and witness the spectacular event.
"Just as I had expected, the Chinese did not miss the opportunity to demonstrate the distinctive characteristics of their ancient culture," 55-year-old Adel Rasheed said.
"They not only evoked people's curiosity about China's history, but also showed their superiority in modern science and technology."
The Rasheed family shared the occasion with their neighbor Basim Ali, 54, in Baghdad's western district of Yarmouk.
Before the opening ceremony, they had got themselves a generator and enough fuel in case there should be a power failure. Baghdad suffers from a chronic power shortage.
"I wonder if the number eight that the Chinese believe brings good luck holds true for all people of the world," Rasheed said.
He was referring to the UN announcement on the very same day 20 years ago, which signaled the end of the devastating eight-year war between Iraq and Iran.
When popular singer Liu Huan, and British diva Sarah Brightman were about to start their duet of the Olympic theme song, Um Sameer, Basim's wife, took out her mobile phone and asked everyone to keep quiet.
"I recorded the song because I heard it would be performed by a Chinese and a British singer. I did not want to miss the opportunity. Now I can listen to it whenever I want," she said.
The Iraqi team's participation in the Games at one point was doubtful due to a dispute. Iraq eventually sent a very small team.
"I did not expect to see any of our top leaders at the stadium to welcome our athletes. But I was sure the Chinese people would give them a warm welcome," Muhammad Hussan, 20, said.
"I was not disappointed. When our team entered the stadium applause broke out. They were also cheered by the millions of Iraqis glued to their TVs at home," Hussan said.
Rasheed said: "I feel proud of our athletes. They are few in number, but they give me the sense that we are part of the world community, we are not alone. People do care about our sufferings."
Belgians give thumbs up
In Brussels, heart of the European Union (EU), overseas Chinese, along with dozens of Belgians, gathered before a big flat screen in a Chinese restaurant to watch the opening ceremony.
As one of nearly 4 billion viewers across the world, David Fouquet, director of the Brussels-based Asia Europe Project Information Service, said: "It was quite impressive. It would have been even more impressive if I could have been there rather than watching it on the screen."
Andre Puttemans, managing director of a business consultancy, said: "The opening ceremony was not a copy of the Western world. It was Chinese.
"I think the Chinese people have the right to be very proud of what they have achieved."
When the national flag of China was raised at the beginning of the ceremony, everyone in the restaurant stood up to show their respect and admiration, Puttemans said.
"In dealing with China over the last 22 years, I have seen great changes there. I think in spite of all the difficulties before the Games, my personal feeling is China has been evolving nicely," he said.
Bernard Dewit, chairman of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said the opening ceremony presented a modern and changing China.
"It was beautiful. The ceremony showed that China is a modern country," he said.
Dewit, a lawyer who published a book on Chinese business law in 1980s, said China's hosting of the Olympic Games marked a step forward for the emerging nation to be more open to the outside world.
"It will convince people that China is continuing with its opening up," Dewit said.
He said it was a good coincidence that this year China was also celebrating the 30th anniversary of its opening up policy, which was introduced by the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1978.
Dewit said the Games would definitely help promote China, which is already one of the world's most vibrant economies and promising markets.
Smile to sing the songs of life
Smile to sing the songs of life. Do not complain about life for too many tribulations, do not have to complain about life in too many twists and turns. If the sea loses its rolling waves, it will lose its power, and if the desert loses its dancing-flying sands, it will lose its spectacle, and so if life goes smoothly without any storms, it will lose the charm of its existing.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Attribute any failure to an attempt, don’t think too meanly of yourself; imagine any succes as a kind of luck, don’t pride. In this way, smile and calmly play music to bravely face setbacks, to gladly accept happiness, to courageously taste loneliness and to gallantly overcome sadness.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Write the Chinese character 人 very well and live in dignify and strength, not to ingratiate yourself with money and any power. The poor is a simple song; the commonplace is a line of beautiful poem. Smiling, we go to sing, looking at Red Dust fluttering in a calm, and tasting the worldly ups and downs in loneliness.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Open wide your dust-laden hearts, make narrow selfish die away, fly your soul freely, and returen your expansive tolerance. In this way, a bright world will appear in front of you: blue sky, white clouds, little bridges, running streams and so on. You can live all the way happily, with the flowers’ fragrance lingering in your nose while enchanting, and with the gorgeous colorful butterflies dancing around you beautifully.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Shed tears for others’ sorrow; have mercy for the good of soul; have sympathy for the unfortunate friends and care for the elderly and old and unlucky people of misery. With the power of smiling, we, smiling, care for everything around you, move everything around you, and affect everything around you until every one of people is wearing a brilliant smile on their faces that will never appear forever.
Yes, it is so. And let us bring a smile to face all that life has given us.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Attribute any failure to an attempt, don’t think too meanly of yourself; imagine any succes as a kind of luck, don’t pride. In this way, smile and calmly play music to bravely face setbacks, to gladly accept happiness, to courageously taste loneliness and to gallantly overcome sadness.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Write the Chinese character 人 very well and live in dignify and strength, not to ingratiate yourself with money and any power. The poor is a simple song; the commonplace is a line of beautiful poem. Smiling, we go to sing, looking at Red Dust fluttering in a calm, and tasting the worldly ups and downs in loneliness.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Open wide your dust-laden hearts, make narrow selfish die away, fly your soul freely, and returen your expansive tolerance. In this way, a bright world will appear in front of you: blue sky, white clouds, little bridges, running streams and so on. You can live all the way happily, with the flowers’ fragrance lingering in your nose while enchanting, and with the gorgeous colorful butterflies dancing around you beautifully.
Smile to sing the songs of life. Shed tears for others’ sorrow; have mercy for the good of soul; have sympathy for the unfortunate friends and care for the elderly and old and unlucky people of misery. With the power of smiling, we, smiling, care for everything around you, move everything around you, and affect everything around you until every one of people is wearing a brilliant smile on their faces that will never appear forever.
Yes, it is so. And let us bring a smile to face all that life has given us.
Monday, August 25, 2008
My August's Sky
In the August sky, the air is filled with yearning; your purple wizard stretches my folded sentiments. The wait of the Millennium, the Millennium looking back and the Millennium’s expetations all are drifting lazily in the thick fragrance of osmanthus. Here you are and I have had this life of love and painted the August sky an azure one.
You are the most beautiful encounter of my life. When I gently opened your space, your heart closely seized mine. In a blink, your name was ironed in the bottom of my heart as firm as a rock. Whenever I am free, I will be in your room, lingering over those words of wisdom and those beautiful pictures, which have held my heart and my soul.
The appearance of a certain sentiment is not because I have known you many years, but because of a casual, which makes life full of concerning and missing.
My heart is leaping with great joy, and even if it is a small symbol, it can make me imaginable. When my flower of feeling was waken by wind, I knocked open your heavy door of heart with my warmth, resulting in my heart immersing in the gentle sea. The heart that had subsided a long time before regained its consciousness the moment it touched yours. And you are in my mind even at busy moments.
I often think that you come or not come is the same, because you are always in my mind and I will be waiting for you in time or out of time.
You don’t know of the deep love affair unless you have missed; you don’t know of the thick love affair unless you have loved.
Sometimes, I convince myself to make your smile and your face blocked in the screen, not to stare, not to make him stir my heart, and to leave it as it is, and forget the just oath only in the blink of eyes. As at this moment, I hold myself in the lonely corner, writing and painting, only to fill the grief with loneliness of my own.
My love is not in any injury even with the pain of missing, the heart of traveling, and the drunken yearning. My missing scrolls over my fingertips, and that shallow and drunken feeling is that you are gently calling for the previous agreement so that the love flower is blooming in purity in August. Look at clouds, mountains and rivers, read my poetry books, and send my waving thoughts distantly. It is you that plant this yearning, and share with you my love to you with the help of easten wind even if water and clouds block me.
I am again thinking of you when the setting sun is like rosy clouds, like your dimples. My heart is indulging to you and for you.
You are the most beautiful encounter of my life. When I gently opened your space, your heart closely seized mine. In a blink, your name was ironed in the bottom of my heart as firm as a rock. Whenever I am free, I will be in your room, lingering over those words of wisdom and those beautiful pictures, which have held my heart and my soul.
The appearance of a certain sentiment is not because I have known you many years, but because of a casual, which makes life full of concerning and missing.
My heart is leaping with great joy, and even if it is a small symbol, it can make me imaginable. When my flower of feeling was waken by wind, I knocked open your heavy door of heart with my warmth, resulting in my heart immersing in the gentle sea. The heart that had subsided a long time before regained its consciousness the moment it touched yours. And you are in my mind even at busy moments.
I often think that you come or not come is the same, because you are always in my mind and I will be waiting for you in time or out of time.
You don’t know of the deep love affair unless you have missed; you don’t know of the thick love affair unless you have loved.
Sometimes, I convince myself to make your smile and your face blocked in the screen, not to stare, not to make him stir my heart, and to leave it as it is, and forget the just oath only in the blink of eyes. As at this moment, I hold myself in the lonely corner, writing and painting, only to fill the grief with loneliness of my own.
My love is not in any injury even with the pain of missing, the heart of traveling, and the drunken yearning. My missing scrolls over my fingertips, and that shallow and drunken feeling is that you are gently calling for the previous agreement so that the love flower is blooming in purity in August. Look at clouds, mountains and rivers, read my poetry books, and send my waving thoughts distantly. It is you that plant this yearning, and share with you my love to you with the help of easten wind even if water and clouds block me.
I am again thinking of you when the setting sun is like rosy clouds, like your dimples. My heart is indulging to you and for you.
Monday, August 25, 2008 Fine
Thoughout the morning today, I was feeling very tired and exausted, could not afford to mention the spirit of doing something, feeling lethargy, and not being interested in anything.
Early in the morning, I went to do some morning exercise, a little tired but feeling well. After coming home, I first prepared some breakfast for my daughter, and then lay on the long sofa to have a rest, but, however, I fell asleep unwittfully. I woke up when my daughter greeted me gladly to go to the piano class. I went to bed again as soon as she left home. I slept until about 11 am because after a few minutes my daughter returned home from her class.
So I got up to prepare lunch for my family. After having our lunch, I continued my sleep again to about 2:10 pm, when my daughter and my wife, who stayed at home from her night work, woke up. At this time, my younger sister telephoned to ask about the password of money that was deposited in the bank. And then my wife went out to meet her to deal with this matter.
At 2:20 pm, my daughter and I worked out a review plan to prepare for an admission examination on September1 at Yicao Middle School. The review plan is as follows:
Time schedule: 2:30 to 5:30 pm every afternoon, from 25th to 31st of August; 5:30 to 6 pm for supper; 6 to 8 pm for the rest and play
Review content: maths textbooks 12,11,10 and 9; english books 5 and 6 in primary school
Time schedule: 2:30 to 5:30 pm every afternoon; from 25th to 28th for maths, from 29th to 31st for english
Review methods: maths: all the example exercises are redone, and all the formulas and definitions are recited again; English: recite agaian all the dialogues and texts that were recited, and then review all the word and phrases in the books.
And she carried out this review plan successfully and she completed it very well.
In the afternoon, I was feeling a little well and surfed the internet, visiting some websites of my blog friends. And then I felt very comfortable from their beautiful words and good articles. So communication among people is a very good method to comfort yourself and relax yourself and excite yourself and ignite yourself and bright yourself.
Early in the morning, I went to do some morning exercise, a little tired but feeling well. After coming home, I first prepared some breakfast for my daughter, and then lay on the long sofa to have a rest, but, however, I fell asleep unwittfully. I woke up when my daughter greeted me gladly to go to the piano class. I went to bed again as soon as she left home. I slept until about 11 am because after a few minutes my daughter returned home from her class.
So I got up to prepare lunch for my family. After having our lunch, I continued my sleep again to about 2:10 pm, when my daughter and my wife, who stayed at home from her night work, woke up. At this time, my younger sister telephoned to ask about the password of money that was deposited in the bank. And then my wife went out to meet her to deal with this matter.
At 2:20 pm, my daughter and I worked out a review plan to prepare for an admission examination on September1 at Yicao Middle School. The review plan is as follows:
Time schedule: 2:30 to 5:30 pm every afternoon, from 25th to 31st of August; 5:30 to 6 pm for supper; 6 to 8 pm for the rest and play
Review content: maths textbooks 12,11,10 and 9; english books 5 and 6 in primary school
Time schedule: 2:30 to 5:30 pm every afternoon; from 25th to 28th for maths, from 29th to 31st for english
Review methods: maths: all the example exercises are redone, and all the formulas and definitions are recited again; English: recite agaian all the dialogues and texts that were recited, and then review all the word and phrases in the books.
And she carried out this review plan successfully and she completed it very well.
In the afternoon, I was feeling a little well and surfed the internet, visiting some websites of my blog friends. And then I felt very comfortable from their beautiful words and good articles. So communication among people is a very good method to comfort yourself and relax yourself and excite yourself and ignite yourself and bright yourself.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Sunday, August 24. 2008 Fine
Curtains closing on Beijing Games
Today my daughter stayed at home because of Sunday, and my wife had a rest at home from night work. At 10 am, my daughter and I went to enrol at Yicai Middle School. At first begining, we did not succeeded in enrolling because we did not have two recently-taken and no-caps photos of one cun and the copies of the residence permit and property ownership certificate. And then immediately I went to copy the permit and the certificate and daughter went home to fetch her photos. I was very unlucky that there is not a photocopying house near my school, so I had to walk south a long way to have the copy. And then, I went back to the school gate and met my daughter to go together to Yicai Middle School to complish our task of enrolling. And then everyghing went very well, and we completed the task of registration successfully and smoothly.
After that, I telephoned my wife at home to come downstairs and we went home together. Before we started out home, we went to the market first and payed for a just-killed chichen. And then my wife and daughter went to frame and mount their pieces of embroidery they had finished two days before. I first went home alone. But we promised that we would meet at home.
Our main intenti0n to return home is to visit my younger brother's new house that just had been built a short time before. He is a good and clever man and himself designed his two-storey new house. It was about four months before it was finally built. There we found that they had moved some furniture into the new house. After we knew that they did not have a very big wallmirror, we gave him 500 yuan to pay for a big wallmirror. And then we visited every room of his new house, and my little nephew, only about five years old, is very glad that he can have a large high-rise to live in. At about 3 pm, we had a party meal with our parents, my brother and his family, and then chatted a lot of homely words with my parents, and at about 4 pm, we said goodbye to them and went back home happily.
I am very happy that my parents are very well and they are living a very happy life and everything at home is going very well and smoothly, and my brother and his family are also leading a sweet and happy life. You are very happy when you are feeling that you are feeling very happy. So the biggest happiness is that you are feeling that you are happy!!
On the closing day of the Olympic Games, our excellent players continued their marvelous performances at the venues that brought us two gold medals in the boxing event. Zou Shiming bagged his first ever gold medal in men's 48kg class boxing title, and Zhang Xiaoping stormed to men's 81kg boxing crown, which is the 51rt and also last gold medal of our delegation.
In the gold medal list, our country topped with 51 gold, 21 silver and 28 bronze; the United States second with 36 gold, 38 silver and 36 bronze; Russia third with 23 gold, 21 silver and 28bronze; and the United Kingdom fourth and Germany 5th.
At 8 pm, the closing ceremony began amid a display of fireworks that form a huge circle in the sky which symbolizes the complete success of the Beijing Games. In our traditional Chinese culture, circle is a symbol of perfection, harmony and renewal. The countdown to the closing ceremony started from the number 29, indicating 29th Olympic Games. And all the audience joined the countdown from10, while the numbers were displayed by firework explosions in the high night sky.
During the 16 days, friends from all sides, get together as in a big family, with friendly competiton, harmonious coexitence. They compete fair, just and open, and enhance understanding and promote friendship between them and their countries that they belong to. Thus, in such a warm and harmonious environment, 38 worl records that have been broken, and 85 Olympic records have been broken. Beijing Olympic Games, as a great Olympic Games, will find its exclusive place in the history of the development fo modern Olympic Games and will eventually be recorded in history.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008 Fine
Today is fine and I am feeling very well because of the fabulous weather with warm wind and sunlight. My daughter went to the piano class. As was planned, I would go to pay her fee but her teacher said we had better pay it in a short time, so I did not go to her teacher. I went to surf the internet and visited the websites of my friends online and watched the Olympic Games. And my wife came back home from her work all night, and she was sleeping all morning because of hard work last night.
At noon, one classmate of my daughter’s sent us her letter of acceptance from the county education department. We are all very happy for the good news. It is as follows:
Junior high school enrolment notice of 2008 Tanchen County’s urban areas
Awarded place number: 2002371322001110277
Name; Zhao Ruijie
Identity card number: 371322199605040022
Father’s name: Zhao Changrong
Mother’s name: Gao Xia
Based on Compulsory Education Law of People’s Repulic of China and the spirit of 28th document of 2008 Tancheng educational foundation documents, and according to the admission principle of the regional and nearest plan and test exemption, please come to Yucai Middle School to enrol from 23rd to 26th of August, 2008, together with this notice, compulsory primary education certificate, the residence permit, and property ownership certificate. Children of migrant workers and whose parents are doing business come to enroll with the following valid documents or certificates such as the temporary residence permit, housing lease contract, business licenses or labor and employment contracts.
The Department of Basic Education of the Education Bureau of Tancheng County
20 August, 2008
We are all very excited when the good news from the Olympic venues stormed to us from time to time. In the afternoon, Meng Guangliang and Yang Wengjun, the defenders of the men’s canoe double 500m, did their best to defend their title, and they are the first ever defending champions in this event. We are very proud of their marvelous achievement and fantastic performance on the river.
Ma Lin won Olympic men's table tennis singles gold.
In the evening, world No. 2 Ma Lin claimed the Olympic title, outgunning Wang Hao 4-1 in an all-Chinese men's singles table tennis Olympic final. Ma took the game 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, becoming the third Chinese player to win Olympic men's singles gold, after Liu Guoliang in 1996 Atlanta Games and Kong Linghui in 2000 Sydney Games.
Again, three five-star red flags were hoisted at the same time at the same stadium in the same event at the same Olympic Games.
At noon, one classmate of my daughter’s sent us her letter of acceptance from the county education department. We are all very happy for the good news. It is as follows:
Junior high school enrolment notice of 2008 Tanchen County’s urban areas
Awarded place number: 2002371322001110277
Name; Zhao Ruijie
Identity card number: 371322199605040022
Father’s name: Zhao Changrong
Mother’s name: Gao Xia
Based on Compulsory Education Law of People’s Repulic of China and the spirit of 28th document of 2008 Tancheng educational foundation documents, and according to the admission principle of the regional and nearest plan and test exemption, please come to Yucai Middle School to enrol from 23rd to 26th of August, 2008, together with this notice, compulsory primary education certificate, the residence permit, and property ownership certificate. Children of migrant workers and whose parents are doing business come to enroll with the following valid documents or certificates such as the temporary residence permit, housing lease contract, business licenses or labor and employment contracts.
The Department of Basic Education of the Education Bureau of Tancheng County
20 August, 2008
We are all very excited when the good news from the Olympic venues stormed to us from time to time. In the afternoon, Meng Guangliang and Yang Wengjun, the defenders of the men’s canoe double 500m, did their best to defend their title, and they are the first ever defending champions in this event. We are very proud of their marvelous achievement and fantastic performance on the river.
Ma Lin won Olympic men's table tennis singles gold.
In the evening, world No. 2 Ma Lin claimed the Olympic title, outgunning Wang Hao 4-1 in an all-Chinese men's singles table tennis Olympic final. Ma took the game 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, becoming the third Chinese player to win Olympic men's singles gold, after Liu Guoliang in 1996 Atlanta Games and Kong Linghui in 2000 Sydney Games.
Again, three five-star red flags were hoisted at the same time at the same stadium in the same event at the same Olympic Games.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008 Cloudy
An all-Chinese women's singles table tennis
Today there was nothing special for the whole family. My daughter was continuing with her piano class in the morning, and in the aftenoon, she finished another three consonants and also did it very well. My wife stayed at home all day and went to work all night.
During other time, we were watching the Olympic games live. In the evening just-finished table tennis event, Zhang Yining, the defender of this event, edged her teammate, Wang Nan, to the title, and her another teammate, Guo Yue settled for bronze. Zhang won 4-1, becoming the third Chinese table tennis player to pocket four Olympic golds, after legendary Deng Yaping and Grand Slam veteran Wang.
This is the first time at this Olympic Games that three five-star red flags was hoisted at the same time at the same stadium at the same event at the same Olympic Games. All the spectators present were singing the national anthem together with our players on the podium, all with excited tears in their eyes.
During other time, we were watching the Olympic games live. In the evening just-finished table tennis event, Zhang Yining, the defender of this event, edged her teammate, Wang Nan, to the title, and her another teammate, Guo Yue settled for bronze. Zhang won 4-1, becoming the third Chinese table tennis player to pocket four Olympic golds, after legendary Deng Yaping and Grand Slam veteran Wang.
This is the first time at this Olympic Games that three five-star red flags was hoisted at the same time at the same stadium at the same event at the same Olympic Games. All the spectators present were singing the national anthem together with our players on the podium, all with excited tears in their eyes.
Two sprint gold medals winner Usain Bolt led Jamaica to the men's 4x100 meters win with a new world record. Bolt, who broke both the 100m and 200m world records en route to the gold medals, ran the third leg and gave the Jamaicans a big lead before handing the baton to his compatriot, the former world 100m record holder. His teammate easily anchored the race in 37.10 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 37.40 set by the United States in the 1992 Olympic Games.
A total of 37 world records had been broken at the Beijing Olympic Games by August 21.
We are all proud of their amazing presentation at the stadiums.
We are all proud of their amazing presentation at the stadiums.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008 Heavy rainy
Today it was raining very heavily from last night till now. So my daughter did not go to the piano class because of the heavy rain, and stayed at home and finished another two consonants. And then, she ddi some more reading in her own room, after that, she watched the Olympic events. She always goes to surf the internet at about 11:30am every day during the summer holidays. My wife rested at home from work and continued her embroidery job, and I think it will not be a long time before she finishes it.
This evening, there was a major women’s vollerball competition, our volleyball team agaist the Brazilian volleyball team. If our team wins the game, we will enter the finals. We were all looking forward to its coming and expecting that our women’s volleyball team could have an excellent and amazing performnace. And we all expected that our volleyball team succeeded in defending the title.
But unfortunately, at about 6:30pm, there was a thunderstorm, raining cats and dogs and lasting about one hour, with lightning and thunder. So after a short time, TV signals were cut off and we could not have a good chance to watch the volleyball match. Finally, our women volleryball team was defeated by the women Brazilian team with a big score of 0:3 because of not our hails of fans. We lost the defending and we are very saddened for their failure. However, we are always supporting our women volleyball team as usual with our great enthusiasm.
Today our delegation seized only one gold in women’s 10m platform singles event. In the first four rounds, our player, Chen Ruolin, was left behind a Canadian player and ranked second, and her teammate, Wang Xin, finished third. But in the last round diving, Chen gave a marvelous and perfect dive and overtook her rival and made the final victory. This is the 46th gold of our delegation.
I am very proud of our players’ marvelous achievement in the games though they could get more gold medals. .
This evening, there was a major women’s vollerball competition, our volleyball team agaist the Brazilian volleyball team. If our team wins the game, we will enter the finals. We were all looking forward to its coming and expecting that our women’s volleyball team could have an excellent and amazing performnace. And we all expected that our volleyball team succeeded in defending the title.
But unfortunately, at about 6:30pm, there was a thunderstorm, raining cats and dogs and lasting about one hour, with lightning and thunder. So after a short time, TV signals were cut off and we could not have a good chance to watch the volleyball match. Finally, our women volleryball team was defeated by the women Brazilian team with a big score of 0:3 because of not our hails of fans. We lost the defending and we are very saddened for their failure. However, we are always supporting our women volleyball team as usual with our great enthusiasm.
Today our delegation seized only one gold in women’s 10m platform singles event. In the first four rounds, our player, Chen Ruolin, was left behind a Canadian player and ranked second, and her teammate, Wang Xin, finished third. But in the last round diving, Chen gave a marvelous and perfect dive and overtook her rival and made the final victory. This is the 46th gold of our delegation.
I am very proud of our players’ marvelous achievement in the games though they could get more gold medals. .
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Another new world record
Bolt breaks 200m world record against headwind.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the Olympic men's 100m gold medalist, broke the men's 200m world record in 19.30 seconds en route to his golden double last night, even into a headwind of 0.9m per second.
The previous record of 19.32 seconds was set by American Michael Johnson in the 1996 Olympic Games. The 21-year-old had already broken the 100m world mark in the Games when he became the fastest man in the world in 9.69 seconds.
Former Chinese leader Hua Guofeng died.
But early in the morning, I received a piece of shocking news on the internet. Hua Guofeng, a former leader of the Communist Party of China, died yesterday at the age of 87. It is said that Hua died of illness at 12:50 pm in Beijing.
Hua was an outstanding CPC member, a long-tested and loyal Communist fighter and a proletarian revolutionary who once held important leading posts in the CPC and the government.
Born in 1921, Hua once served as the Chinese premier and chairman of the CPC Central Committed.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Cloudy
Yin Jian won our country’s 1st Olympic sailing gold.
My daughter and wife did their routines in the morning, and afternoon, my daughter finished another two consonants and she did very well in practising them. And then my wife came home from work at 3:30pm. She went to sleep at once after a short time she arrived home because she did not have a cat nap at noon. My daughter watched the Olympic Games events and I went to surf the internet to enjoy ourselves.
From last night to this morning, I did not feel very well and felt a bit depressed, and I also felt the pressure when I received an invitation from a friend and also ever colleague to drink together to celebrate his daughter being admitted to the university. To be honest, it is a goooooood thing to celebrate a child being admitted into a university, but I did not make meself happy and excited because I am afraid of going to such situations, and I am not convinced that I can do very well in such situaions. Since I received this good news, I watched the television, absent-minded all the night. And always I was thinking about this matter, to go or not to go? I was indecisive. I was under no determination. I think that we are good friends and ever colleague, so it is logical for me to go to the party to drink together. But I am in introversion and not a talkative person and not sure that I can behave myself. But the main idea is that I do not like to drink, do not like such an occasion, more important, I do not know how to persuade people to drink more. The whole night, I was worried about it with much anxiety. At about 12:40pm, I went to bed but did not go to sleep, just lying in bed, awake. This matter made me difficult to sleep well. Perhaps it was a long time before I fell asleep at last.
I went to the playground to do my morning exercise. I was still very depressed, and still did not decided to go or not go. All morning, I did not have my breakfast and just lay on the bed, awake, and didn’t know what to do next. I was not sure of going to the party until about 11:10am when I had to decide to check that another teacher would go. Even when I telephoned him about this matter, I urgedly wanted to come to the result that that teacher had gone to the party so that I could have a gooooood excuse that I did not go to the party. But unfortunately, that teacher did not go then and asked me to wait at the school gate, so I had to go with him to the party.
But I did not know why I was feeling very fine as soon as I finally got in the car after I waited for about an hour. Therefore, I think that we often feel a bit worried and even depressed before we go to do something that we are not sure of. But we will feel very fine once we are trying to do it or we are very sure that we can do it well. But to be honest, however, in any case, I do not like such an occasion.
But to be frank, I was and am very glad to have met my friend and very happy that he was and is also very happy that we got together 12 years after we departed each other. And we chatted a lot about him, his children and me and something we were very interested in. He told me his daughter would go to a college located in Zaozhuang City to study nursery. He told me she did not like it but at last she agreed to be admitted to that college. I am very glad to know something about him and his life. So after talking a lot, I did not feel a bit depressed, on the contrary, I went to thd party to have met him. I delecated 200 RMB yuan to his daughter’s pocket money, and then I gladly came home at about 2pm without any dish.
Meeting friends will make me feel much better, and the mood is relaxed, and am again interested in everything around me.
Today, we did not have many events that can bring us gold medals. But we also had very gooooood news: Yin Jian won our country’s 1st ever Olympic sailing gold. Yin used her knowledge of local water to the best effect. Despite a fourth and three fifth finishes by the first four marks, she collected her composure and stormed back to the third by the finishing line to claim the title. In just-finished event, Wu Jingyu claimed the women’s 49kg taekwondo title, beating the player from in the final with the absolute advantage.
I lived a goooooood day happily. How beautiful life is!
My daughter and wife did their routines in the morning, and afternoon, my daughter finished another two consonants and she did very well in practising them. And then my wife came home from work at 3:30pm. She went to sleep at once after a short time she arrived home because she did not have a cat nap at noon. My daughter watched the Olympic Games events and I went to surf the internet to enjoy ourselves.
From last night to this morning, I did not feel very well and felt a bit depressed, and I also felt the pressure when I received an invitation from a friend and also ever colleague to drink together to celebrate his daughter being admitted to the university. To be honest, it is a goooooood thing to celebrate a child being admitted into a university, but I did not make meself happy and excited because I am afraid of going to such situations, and I am not convinced that I can do very well in such situaions. Since I received this good news, I watched the television, absent-minded all the night. And always I was thinking about this matter, to go or not to go? I was indecisive. I was under no determination. I think that we are good friends and ever colleague, so it is logical for me to go to the party to drink together. But I am in introversion and not a talkative person and not sure that I can behave myself. But the main idea is that I do not like to drink, do not like such an occasion, more important, I do not know how to persuade people to drink more. The whole night, I was worried about it with much anxiety. At about 12:40pm, I went to bed but did not go to sleep, just lying in bed, awake. This matter made me difficult to sleep well. Perhaps it was a long time before I fell asleep at last.
I went to the playground to do my morning exercise. I was still very depressed, and still did not decided to go or not go. All morning, I did not have my breakfast and just lay on the bed, awake, and didn’t know what to do next. I was not sure of going to the party until about 11:10am when I had to decide to check that another teacher would go. Even when I telephoned him about this matter, I urgedly wanted to come to the result that that teacher had gone to the party so that I could have a gooooood excuse that I did not go to the party. But unfortunately, that teacher did not go then and asked me to wait at the school gate, so I had to go with him to the party.
But I did not know why I was feeling very fine as soon as I finally got in the car after I waited for about an hour. Therefore, I think that we often feel a bit worried and even depressed before we go to do something that we are not sure of. But we will feel very fine once we are trying to do it or we are very sure that we can do it well. But to be honest, however, in any case, I do not like such an occasion.
But to be frank, I was and am very glad to have met my friend and very happy that he was and is also very happy that we got together 12 years after we departed each other. And we chatted a lot about him, his children and me and something we were very interested in. He told me his daughter would go to a college located in Zaozhuang City to study nursery. He told me she did not like it but at last she agreed to be admitted to that college. I am very glad to know something about him and his life. So after talking a lot, I did not feel a bit depressed, on the contrary, I went to thd party to have met him. I delecated 200 RMB yuan to his daughter’s pocket money, and then I gladly came home at about 2pm without any dish.
Meeting friends will make me feel much better, and the mood is relaxed, and am again interested in everything around me.
Today, we did not have many events that can bring us gold medals. But we also had very gooooood news: Yin Jian won our country’s 1st ever Olympic sailing gold. Yin used her knowledge of local water to the best effect. Despite a fourth and three fifth finishes by the first four marks, she collected her composure and stormed back to the third by the finishing line to claim the title. In just-finished event, Wu Jingyu claimed the women’s 49kg taekwondo title, beating the player from in the final with the absolute advantage.
I lived a goooooood day happily. How beautiful life is!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Sunny
At 5:20 in the early morning, I woke up. Perhaps I was exhausted because my wife and I watched a soap opera of South Korea “You are lovely” until late into the night 12;40 pm. So I wanted to sleep ten minutes, and finally I overslept and did not wake up until 6;30 in the morning. Therefore, I did not go to do my morning exercise. I am very sorry for my not-perseverance.
My daughter went to her piano class on time at 8am and my wife went to work at 7am. At about 8:30am, I got up and drank a little gruel. And then I came to my own room to surf the internet. But I was very sorry when I turned on the TV set because the singals are not clear, and the screen was always beating, which made your eyes uncomfortable. But fortunately, no morning events were played and only several events were re-broadcasted, and I went them over again. After a short time, I finally found the real reason for which our TV set had a bad singal is we should pay the TV-watching fee during these days. At about 10:30am, my wife telephoned home to check what we would eat lunch for, and seizing the opportunity, I told her about the bad TV singals. At lunch at home, she told me that she asked for leave to pay for the television-watching fee. No wonder, the TV singals were clear again a short time after she telephoned home. She is a lady with a chip on her shoulder and does anything very quichly and fast. And she has a strong capability of dealing with matters. I am very very proud of her and her cleverness.
At noon, I prepared a rich dish for my hard wife and my studious and sensible daughter. In the afternoon, my daughter again succeeded in studying another two consonants. She did a goooood performance and made much progress in ICA phonemes. After that, she took up her unfinished embroidery and I continued to surf the Inteenet to manage my blog, answer my blog friends’ informaion and visit my blog friends’ websites. And at the same time, we were expecting the coming of Olympic competitions and we were very determined that the total of gold medals would pass 40 golds.
In the evening, Li Xiaopeng won paralled bars gold medal, which is 40th gold. After that, Zou Kai claims horizontal gold with a big advantage, which is his third gold at this Olympic Games and also 41st gold of our delegation. And then Lu Chunlong seized the 42nd gold for our delegation in men’s trampoline final. The 43rd gold is from He Chong who crowned the men's 3m springboard singles title. I am very proud of their performances.
My daughter went to her piano class on time at 8am and my wife went to work at 7am. At about 8:30am, I got up and drank a little gruel. And then I came to my own room to surf the internet. But I was very sorry when I turned on the TV set because the singals are not clear, and the screen was always beating, which made your eyes uncomfortable. But fortunately, no morning events were played and only several events were re-broadcasted, and I went them over again. After a short time, I finally found the real reason for which our TV set had a bad singal is we should pay the TV-watching fee during these days. At about 10:30am, my wife telephoned home to check what we would eat lunch for, and seizing the opportunity, I told her about the bad TV singals. At lunch at home, she told me that she asked for leave to pay for the television-watching fee. No wonder, the TV singals were clear again a short time after she telephoned home. She is a lady with a chip on her shoulder and does anything very quichly and fast. And she has a strong capability of dealing with matters. I am very very proud of her and her cleverness.
At noon, I prepared a rich dish for my hard wife and my studious and sensible daughter. In the afternoon, my daughter again succeeded in studying another two consonants. She did a goooood performance and made much progress in ICA phonemes. After that, she took up her unfinished embroidery and I continued to surf the Inteenet to manage my blog, answer my blog friends’ informaion and visit my blog friends’ websites. And at the same time, we were expecting the coming of Olympic competitions and we were very determined that the total of gold medals would pass 40 golds.
In the evening, Li Xiaopeng won paralled bars gold medal, which is 40th gold. After that, Zou Kai claims horizontal gold with a big advantage, which is his third gold at this Olympic Games and also 41st gold of our delegation. And then Lu Chunlong seized the 42nd gold for our delegation in men’s trampoline final. The 43rd gold is from He Chong who crowned the men's 3m springboard singles title. I am very proud of their performances.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008 Sunny
Liu quitted men's 110m hurdles first round due to injury.
Today it is fine and sunny though it was a little cloudy in the early morning. As usual, everything went well. In the afternoon, my daughter finished practising another two consonant phonemes. She did not any better in it. And during all the other hours, we were watching the Olympic events on TV, and we were happy that our player compatriots did marvelous performances at Olymipcs.
After a false start, Liu Xiang, the world and Olympic champion and our nation’s best hope of an athletics gold medal, he stumbled forward for a few paces and girmaced in pain, obviously hindered by the injury to his right foot. Then he hobbled down the tunnel and walked away into the blocks, leaving a packed Bird’s Nest Stadium in stunned silence. So his dream of defending his Olympic title on home soil ended when he failed to start his first-round heat in the 110m hurdles.
Tonight we bagged four golds in three different events.
Our gymnast Chen Yibing claimed men’s rings gold, the second gold in this event in our country’s gymnastic history. It tool us 24 years to make the achievement after the sport’s legend Li Ning brought the first rings gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. During the game, Chen, who made his Olympic debut, remained quite calm in the final despite chants of “Come on” from home fans. Showing no slight sign of shivers, he moved easily from one position to another and put an end to the routine with a solid landing. The next-to-perfect performance won the hearts of judges and secured his leading position with a high score. His teammate Yang Wei settled the silver.
Another gymnast He Kexin claimed the women’s uneven bars title with 16.725 points . A USA player also collected 16.725 points, but she had to stand second according to a tiebreak (act quality) rule. Her teammate Yang Yilin got the bronze. In the just-finished women’s trampoline event, He Wenna claimed the title, which is the first Olympic gold in this event and the 38th gold of our delegation.
The most amazing moment of this night is that our delegation claimed the men's team table tennis title. We lifted the men's Olympic team table tennis crown after downing European powerhouse Germany 3-0 in the final. Our players, Ma Lin, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin, who are ladden with champions, met little resistence from German challengers who went all out to foil us and failed. Our supremacy was never in doubt as both the men's and women's teams their way into the final with unbeaten runs.
Tonight we bagged four golds in three different events.
Our gymnast Chen Yibing claimed men’s rings gold, the second gold in this event in our country’s gymnastic history. It tool us 24 years to make the achievement after the sport’s legend Li Ning brought the first rings gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. During the game, Chen, who made his Olympic debut, remained quite calm in the final despite chants of “Come on” from home fans. Showing no slight sign of shivers, he moved easily from one position to another and put an end to the routine with a solid landing. The next-to-perfect performance won the hearts of judges and secured his leading position with a high score. His teammate Yang Wei settled the silver.
Another gymnast He Kexin claimed the women’s uneven bars title with 16.725 points . A USA player also collected 16.725 points, but she had to stand second according to a tiebreak (act quality) rule. Her teammate Yang Yilin got the bronze. In the just-finished women’s trampoline event, He Wenna claimed the title, which is the first Olympic gold in this event and the 38th gold of our delegation.
The most amazing moment of this night is that our delegation claimed the men's team table tennis title. We lifted the men's Olympic team table tennis crown after downing European powerhouse Germany 3-0 in the final. Our players, Ma Lin, Wang Hao and Wang Liqin, who are ladden with champions, met little resistence from German challengers who went all out to foil us and failed. Our supremacy was never in doubt as both the men's and women's teams their way into the final with unbeaten runs.
We are all proud of our players' fantastic performances in the Olympic Games.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008 Raining and cool
Michael Phelps coasts into history with 8 gold.Today is wet. It is raining so heavily all the whole day. Daughter rested at home and wife worked all day. Daughter finished another four consonant phonemes and she did a very goooood performance. while watching the Olympic events, she tried to finish her embroidery in several days. I think she will manage it very well.
Today is a great day for Michael Phelps, also for the Beijing Olympic Games. Michael won his recrod eight gold medal with his teammates in the men's 4 x 100m medley relay swimming final to become the grandest of Olympic champions. With the history-making eight gold, Michael has become the first man to win eight gold medals at the same Olympics, passing his predecessor Spiltz, who won seven gold medals at the same Olympics in 1972. So Michael said,"Everything is accomplished." The medals were won in: 400m individual medley (August 10), 4x100m freestyle relay (August 11), 200m freestyle (August 12), 200m butterfly (August 13). 4x200m freestyle relay (August 13), 200m individual medley (August 15), 100m butterfly (August 16), and 4x100m medley relay (August 17).
Today is also great for our players who stormed 8 gold medals to crown among 37 gold medals that have been produced in the afternoon and in the evening.
Qiu Jian seized the 28th gold in men's 50m rifle three postions. Four beautiful girls, Tang Bin, Jin Ziwei, Xi Aihua and Zhang Yangyang pocketed the gold medal in women's four-person scull rowing. This is the first tims our rowing team won the gold medal in the Olympic Games, which is a great breakthrough in this event. They have written a glorious page in history. Wang Jiao claimed the title in women's 72kg category freestyle wrestling, which is the 30th gold medal. Zou Kai made a fantastic performnace in men's floor exercise, resulting in seizing the 31st gold for our country. In men's pommel horse, our player, Xiao Qin, delecated an amazing show to all the spectators and viewers and handed in the 32nd gold for our delegation.
Our country-ball players, Zhang Yining, Wang Nan and Guo Yue, stormed to the first Olympic team gold medal in women's table tennis team final, by beating Singapore easily for this team gold. This is the 33rd gold of our delegation. Our Super Dan bagged the badminton men's singles champion, which is the 34th gold of our delegation. Guo Jingjing at last pocketed the 35th gold for our delegation in women's 3m springboard singles event, and her teammate, also rival, settled for bronze.
Today our great Olympic players delecated 8 gold medals to us, and we are all proud of them and their marvelous and excellent performances in various venues and stadiums.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008 Fine and cool
Bolt saunters into history: 9.69 seconds.
Today the weather is changing a little cool and feels chilly in the early morning.
My daughter went to the class and wife worked all day. In the afternoon, my lovely daughter continued to finish another four consonant phonemes. After about 10 minutes, she did practise them very well. She is so clever a girl as I am proud of.
Today the 27th gold is from our Olympian Zhang Ning in badminton women's singals final event. Zhang, at the age of 33, is the defending champion of this event. This is a duel of will and courage instead of skills because both of them were on the verge of exhaustion following days of fierce fights against the world's top players. In the third decisive game, both used rackets to support their bodies amid the intervals of the competition, which was a sign of limits of physical energy, but Zhang was more persistent afterwards than her compatriot Xie Xingfang, world No.1 seed. Zhang and Xie presented the world a most wonderful match. "I have never stopped dreaming of standing on the medals podium." Zhang said after the match.
My daughter went to the class and wife worked all day. In the afternoon, my lovely daughter continued to finish another four consonant phonemes. After about 10 minutes, she did practise them very well. She is so clever a girl as I am proud of.
Today the 27th gold is from our Olympian Zhang Ning in badminton women's singals final event. Zhang, at the age of 33, is the defending champion of this event. This is a duel of will and courage instead of skills because both of them were on the verge of exhaustion following days of fierce fights against the world's top players. In the third decisive game, both used rackets to support their bodies amid the intervals of the competition, which was a sign of limits of physical energy, but Zhang was more persistent afterwards than her compatriot Xie Xingfang, world No.1 seed. Zhang and Xie presented the world a most wonderful match. "I have never stopped dreaming of standing on the medals podium." Zhang said after the match.
This night, Jamaican Usain Bolt will give us all the night awake. The world record holder dashed to his first Olympic gold in the men's 100m final and set a new world record, clocking 9.69 seconds. 91,000 spectators in the Chinese National Stadium (Bird's Nest) are very lucky to witness this historic moment, thrilling and unforgettable, and we will remember the following exciting scene: Before he reached the finish line, Bolt slowed up, stretched his arms out wide and put his palms out, then slapped(bounced) his chest with his right palm. At the same time, he looked around to check how his rivals aree doing then. And he was still running. And then he crossed the finish line. All that meant he did not even use all his strength in his final strides. But the final result made all the spectators and viewers touched to cheers that an Olympic sprinter sauntered to victory, by clocking 9.69 seconds in the sprint final. The 21-year-old's performance left no doubt whatsoever about who deserves the title of "World's Fastest Man" by coasting into history. Finally, ecstatic Bolt, wearing the Jamaican national flag, repeatedly kissed his gold shoes, bathing in the hails of all spectators in the Bird's Nest.
This evening, another exciting moment is the national basketball team successfully entered the top eight in the Olympic Games. Yao Ming had 25 points and 11 rebounds to help our team earn a quarterfinals berth after ousting Germany 59-55 in the hard-fought preliminary Group B matchup.
Beijing Games kicks off（reproduced）
It was grand. It was eye-poping. It was filled with oohs and aahs.
The curtain is pulled, the show is staged, and the Games officially kicked off at the 8th minute, 08/08/08, a team of four eights that will bode well for the Chinese, and the world.
The curtain is pulled, the show is staged, and the Games officially kicked off at the 8th minute, 08/08/08, a team of four eights that will bode well for the Chinese, and the world.
It's time of joy, and it's time of world unity.
China's brand-new National Stadium, also nicknamed Bird's Nest, is packed with more than 90,000, among them are a slew of heads of states, princes and princesses, government ministers, celebrities of all walks, and IOC president, vice-presidents and members, athletes and visitors from all over the world, who all are distinguished guests of China.
The opening ceremony celebrated Chinese civilization and the importance of harmony. As a production of performing arts, it had got to be the biggest in Chinese history, with 15,000 people in the cast and 13 months of rehearsal time. Here is a rundown of the numbers for the show.
The Opening
The star of this number is a drum called fou, which can be traced back to the Xia and Shang dynasties (2070BC-1046BC). It was made of ceramic or bronze and resembles the ancient vessel of ding, commonly seen in museums and dating from the same period.
The star of this number is a drum called fou, which can be traced back to the Xia and Shang dynasties (2070BC-1046BC). It was made of ceramic or bronze and resembles the ancient vessel of ding, commonly seen in museums and dating from the same period.
The 2,008 fou drums form a matrix that occupies both sides of the arena, leaving only the central rectangle empty.
Of course, these are more than regular square drums. The top can emit light, and so can the two sticks. When robe-clad drummers beat on them, gargantuan words and shapes appear, such as the countdown numbers and the effect of sweeping light.
At the heart of this number lies the traditional group calisthenics. But the high-tech upgrade gives it a palpable surprise: No more flipping of cards; no more human bodies forming gigantic flower petals. It is art steeped in 3,000 years of history.
Scroll
The visual theme of the ceremony is laid down when a pair of scrolls, measuring 2m in diameter and 22m in height, are elevated out of the central rectangle stage. The scrolls part to reveal a traditional Chinese ink painting. Throughout the evening, both the scrolls and the painting, actually an LED display, constantly change their images.
The visual theme of the ceremony is laid down when a pair of scrolls, measuring 2m in diameter and 22m in height, are elevated out of the central rectangle stage. The scrolls part to reveal a traditional Chinese ink painting. Throughout the evening, both the scrolls and the painting, actually an LED display, constantly change their images.
For this number, a piece of blank paper, 20m X 11m, 20mm thick and actually weighing 800 kg, is placed at the center of the ink painting and functions as a canvas where a dozen dancers use their bodies as paintbrushes. It is a modern dance with abstract movements. However, what they draw resemble clouds, mountains, rivers and the sun.
Eventually, the whole painting (i.e. the LED part) transforms into Landscape of a Thousand Miles, a rare painting from Wang Ximeng of the Song Dynasty (960-1276AD).
All the while, a guqin (a Chinese zither) is being played in a fan-shaped stage up from the central performing area.
This number is quite artsy. It leads right to the area of high culture, and it features modern dance as the icing on the scroll cake. It also provides a welcome respite for a quiet moment in an evening of razzle-dazzle.
Writing
My grandma used to say that Chinese words were created by Confucius. Of course it was not true, but this number seems to be based on this urban myth.
My grandma used to say that Chinese words were created by Confucius. Of course it was not true, but this number seems to be based on this urban myth.
There are 3,000 dancers clad in Confucius period costumes, supposedly playing the Sage's disciples. Carrying bamboo scrolls, one of the earliest forms of books, they intone familiar mantras from his Analects, mandatory for a Chinese education.
In the center are 897 dancers, each hidden inside a cube. They simulate the movable type, which was first invented by Bi Sheng of the Song Dynasty (969-1276AD). This invention was instrumental in the growth of human civilization.
Later, the cube matrix graduates to a computer keyboard.
The Chinese character he, meaning harmony or peace, is shown to evolve from various stages of calligraphy. The Great Wall and peach flowers are also replicated, with the help of the LED painting.
This is probably the most ingenious in the whole program. The wonder of Chinese writing and things associated with it, like calligraphy, the progress of printing, and the great thinking facilitated by it, is visualized in a splendid feat of cohesion. Even my grandma would have enjoyed it.
Opera
With the accompaniment of Peking Opera music, 900 actors and several puppets put on a show on a makeshift stage and all around it. Group actors are dressed as the famous terra-cotta soldiers.
With the accompaniment of Peking Opera music, 900 actors and several puppets put on a show on a makeshift stage and all around it. Group actors are dressed as the famous terra-cotta soldiers.
This is said to be a last-minute replacement, and it shows. It's noisy, it's fun, but it just doesn't congeal into the framework. It simply lacks fine details.
The Silk Road
The Silk Road starts from Chang'an, now known as Xi'an, and goes all the way to Europe. It is a trade route that connects East and West Asia, central to cultural dissemination by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea for thousands of years. The development of the great civilizations -- of not only China, but Egypt, Persia, Arabia, India, Rome and Byzantium -- were made possible by this route.
The Silk Road starts from Chang'an, now known as Xi'an, and goes all the way to Europe. It is a trade route that connects East and West Asia, central to cultural dissemination by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea for thousands of years. The development of the great civilizations -- of not only China, but Egypt, Persia, Arabia, India, Rome and Byzantium -- were made possible by this route.
Zheng He's seven expeditions were, in a sense, a Silk Road on the sea. It made use of the compass, another great invention from ancient China.
This number begins with the music set for Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei's immortal lines of farewell. It is about parting, about leaving for a foreign land, for the unknown, and ultimately about the connection of cultures, and the shrinking of our world. The solo dancer is first a flying celestial nymph from the Dunhuang Grotto, an indelible image on the Silk Road, and later changes to one of Zheng He.
The real attraction, however, is the long oars, which turn sailing into a dream of formations.
Music
This echoes the "Scrol" number, with five of China's best classic paintings as an evolving backdrop. The first is Spring Outing, from the Sui and Tang dynasties of 1,300 years ago.
Along the River during Qingming Festival, by Zhang Zeduan, was from the Song Dynasty, about 1,000 years ago. It is about a busy street scene in Kaifeng, arguably the biggest metropolis in the world then.
This echoes the "Scrol" number, with five of China's best classic paintings as an evolving backdrop. The first is Spring Outing, from the Sui and Tang dynasties of 1,300 years ago.
Along the River during Qingming Festival, by Zhang Zeduan, was from the Song Dynasty, about 1,000 years ago. It is about a busy street scene in Kaifeng, arguably the biggest metropolis in the world then.
From the Yuan Dynasty, 700 years ago, we have a painting of a royal procession.
The Ming Dynasty painting, from some 600 years ago, depicts sports of the time, including arrow shooting and polo playing.
The last painting was commissioned in celebration of Emperor Qianlong's (1711-1799AD) 80th birthday. It recreates the imperial party and its grandeur.
On top of the paintings are shown performing arts classics, such as the dance Moon Reflected in a Spring River, and Kunqu, China's oldest known opera. The majesty of the number reaches its zenith when 32 columns, each 2m in diameter and weighing 1.2 ton, ascend skyward and each shoots out a girl in full imperial regalia.
This number is about the good old days, the golden era in Chinese history, the times of singing and dancing, of painting and partying. It's about rituals and self-confidence. In a sense, it is about the ancient equivalent of the Olympics. It has a feel-good quality that infuses one with pride for the deep roots of Chinese civilization.
Starlight
Cosmic and translucent, this number provides a portal from the past to the present, even to the future. With pianist Lang Lang in the middle, group actors with light bulbs all over their bodies evoke a world of fantasy with their movements. They not just form cute objects like a dove or a smaller bird's nest, but add a touch of otherworldliness to the presentation.
Cosmic and translucent, this number provides a portal from the past to the present, even to the future. With pianist Lang Lang in the middle, group actors with light bulbs all over their bodies evoke a world of fantasy with their movements. They not just form cute objects like a dove or a smaller bird's nest, but add a touch of otherworldliness to the presentation.
This is quite romantic, which is good for the pacing of the program. Thematically, it is a bit hollow, though.
Nature
You can interpret this number as a call for biological protection, but that would be reading too much pragmatism into it. It is about man's relations with nature, embodied in the movements of tai chi. It expounds on the philosophies from The Book of Changes, which contains an ancient system of cosmology intrinsic to Chinese cultural beliefs. The cosmology centers on the ideas of the dynamic balance of opposites.
You can interpret this number as a call for biological protection, but that would be reading too much pragmatism into it. It is about man's relations with nature, embodied in the movements of tai chi. It expounds on the philosophies from The Book of Changes, which contains an ancient system of cosmology intrinsic to Chinese cultural beliefs. The cosmology centers on the ideas of the dynamic balance of opposites.
The 2,008 performers doing tai chi in a circle that surrounds a rectangle is an epitome of the notion of "heaven is round and earth is square". And the boxing itself perfectly illustrates Lao Tzu's teaching -- "The soft and the pliable will defeat the hard and strong."
The black-and-white world erupts into colors when ancient Taoism is given a modern spin as a teacher instructs her pupils on the importance of loving the natural world that feeds us.
This is a very Chinese interpretation of environmentalism, with inspiration from ancient philosophers. Cryptic epigrams are conveyed in color schemes, shapes and forms. I never knew a gala idea could be so enlightening.
This is a very Chinese interpretation of environmentalism, with inspiration from ancient philosophers. Cryptic epigrams are conveyed in color schemes, shapes and forms. I never knew a gala idea could be so enlightening.
Dream
This is the last number before the entrance of the athletes. It is a manifestation of the One World One Dream mantra. Literally, a globe 18m in diameter and weighing 16 tons rises in the middle of the arena. Circling around it are nine tracks, along which performers do the kind of weightless walk usually seen in outer space but here to simulate gravity.
This is the last number before the entrance of the athletes. It is a manifestation of the One World One Dream mantra. Literally, a globe 18m in diameter and weighing 16 tons rises in the middle of the arena. Circling around it are nine tracks, along which performers do the kind of weightless walk usually seen in outer space but here to simulate gravity.
Sarah Brightman and Liu Huan join to sing the theme song, titled “You and Me”, on top of the globe. Around it are 2,008 volunteers who present 2,008 smiling faces of little children. The faces are also projected on the overhead panel and even into the fireworks.
The giant globe is a nice touch, and the simulation of weightlessness for the sake of gravity is very Taoist if you think about it – it’s about the conversion of opposites. The celebration of volunteerism and happiness of children is an apt culmination of an hour of fete and a grand beginning for the sports world’s biggest event in four years and a nation’s longing for glory.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008 Cloudy and cool
The Gost Festival comes.
Today it is very cool and a little windy so we did not turn on the electric fan, perhaps because it is after Liqiu. My daughter and wife did not their routines. In the afternoon, after going over all the vowels, my daughter finished studying three pairs of explodents among consonants. She still did very well in practising them.
Today is the Gost Festival that falls on the lunar July 15 every year. On the day, the whole family come together, offering a common sacrifice to the victims of the families, or relatives, by burning paper money to wish that they are living happily and well in Hell.
Today our Olympians continued their excellent performances in the games. Cao Lei, two-time world champion, claimed the title in women's 75kg category weightlifting event, winning our delegation its seventh weightlifting gold, also the 23rd gold medal for our country. At the beginning, Cao domiated the game as she snatched 128kg, and lifted 154kg in clean & jerk, breaking three Olympic records. At last, she tried to break the total world record of this event in her third jerk attempt, by ordering 159kg, but failed. She happily bowed to the spectors and hugged with her coach.
In the evening, our Olympian Tong Wen bagged the 24th gold for our delegation in women's Judo +78kg category event at the last minute. After a short time, Lu Yong seized the 25th gold for us in men's 85kg category weightlifting event. In the just-finished event, Du Jing and Yu Yang made a gooooood performance and stormed to their first ever victory in the badminton women's double final, by beating a pair of Korean players.
I am very happy today and wish everybody a goooooooooood dream.
Today it is very cool and a little windy so we did not turn on the electric fan, perhaps because it is after Liqiu. My daughter and wife did not their routines. In the afternoon, after going over all the vowels, my daughter finished studying three pairs of explodents among consonants. She still did very well in practising them.
Today is the Gost Festival that falls on the lunar July 15 every year. On the day, the whole family come together, offering a common sacrifice to the victims of the families, or relatives, by burning paper money to wish that they are living happily and well in Hell.
Today our Olympians continued their excellent performances in the games. Cao Lei, two-time world champion, claimed the title in women's 75kg category weightlifting event, winning our delegation its seventh weightlifting gold, also the 23rd gold medal for our country. At the beginning, Cao domiated the game as she snatched 128kg, and lifted 154kg in clean & jerk, breaking three Olympic records. At last, she tried to break the total world record of this event in her third jerk attempt, by ordering 159kg, but failed. She happily bowed to the spectors and hugged with her coach.
In the evening, our Olympian Tong Wen bagged the 24th gold for our delegation in women's Judo +78kg category event at the last minute. After a short time, Lu Yong seized the 25th gold for us in men's 85kg category weightlifting event. In the just-finished event, Du Jing and Yu Yang made a gooooood performance and stormed to their first ever victory in the badminton women's double final, by beating a pair of Korean players.
I am very happy today and wish everybody a goooooooooood dream.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008 Raining
Zhang Juanjuan made history in archery!
From at about 3 am to dawn, it was raining very heavily so that part of Tanxi Road was in the rainwater and it was hard for a child to go through. But my daughter was very brave to go to the piano class as usual. She has never been absent from the piano practice since she was determined to practise the piano during the summer holidays no matter how bad the weather was. So I am always praising her for it and encouraging her to do even better. In the afternoon, she was very successful to finish the last two dipthongs and so she succeeded in studying all the vowels in seven days.
My wife worked days today as usual and came to lunch at home. In the evening she continued her embroidery.
Today our Olympic players continued their excellent performances in the Olympic Games. They have seized five gold in five different events. Yang Wei, a three-time Olympian withe two world championships all-around golds under his belt, stormed to his first Olympic all-around victory by beating a runner-up Japanise player. This is also our country's second gymnastics men's all-around title after Li Xiaoshuang's at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Yang is famous for his hard work, perseveranc, strong fighting spirit and his awesome preciseness of movements.(20th gold)
Nineteen-year-old swimmer Liu Zige smashed the Austrlian players' world record in the women's 200m butterfly, pocketing our country's first swimming gold at this olmypic Games. At the beginning, she did not lead the race in the first 100 metres although she was in the first place after the qualification round. But Liu overtook her tough rival after the 150m trun. AAAAmid thundering roars from home fans, Liu stormed to touch first. (18th gold) And her teammate, Jiao Liuyang, settled for silver and also broke the world record. Recovering from her first day's failure, our shooter, Du Li, staged a comeback today to samsh the Olympic record in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions, ensuring her a hard-won Olympic gold medal. She finally hit her target for gold. (19th gold)
In the afternoon' archery event, Zhang Juanjuan made history in our country's olympic archery by breaking South Korea's dominance in women's archery at Olympics for 24 years, winning our country's first ever Olympic archery title. During the very tough event, after brushing aside all three Koreans in her way to the Olympic victory, the two-time Olympican foiled reigning champion and No.1 seed's efforts to defend her title with a 110-109 win in the final. Two Koreans respectively settled silver and bronze. This women's individual archery gold is our delegation's twenty-first gold. In the just-finished event, Yang Xiuli won another Judo gold for our delegation in women's 78kg class with a little margin against a Cuba player, delecating the 22rd gold to our delegaion.
Our players are playing in best condition, and achieved impressive sports results. We are all proud of their outstanding achievements.
From at about 3 am to dawn, it was raining very heavily so that part of Tanxi Road was in the rainwater and it was hard for a child to go through. But my daughter was very brave to go to the piano class as usual. She has never been absent from the piano practice since she was determined to practise the piano during the summer holidays no matter how bad the weather was. So I am always praising her for it and encouraging her to do even better. In the afternoon, she was very successful to finish the last two dipthongs and so she succeeded in studying all the vowels in seven days.
My wife worked days today as usual and came to lunch at home. In the evening she continued her embroidery.
Today our Olympic players continued their excellent performances in the Olympic Games. They have seized five gold in five different events. Yang Wei, a three-time Olympian withe two world championships all-around golds under his belt, stormed to his first Olympic all-around victory by beating a runner-up Japanise player. This is also our country's second gymnastics men's all-around title after Li Xiaoshuang's at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Yang is famous for his hard work, perseveranc, strong fighting spirit and his awesome preciseness of movements.(20th gold)
Nineteen-year-old swimmer Liu Zige smashed the Austrlian players' world record in the women's 200m butterfly, pocketing our country's first swimming gold at this olmypic Games. At the beginning, she did not lead the race in the first 100 metres although she was in the first place after the qualification round. But Liu overtook her tough rival after the 150m trun. AAAAmid thundering roars from home fans, Liu stormed to touch first. (18th gold) And her teammate, Jiao Liuyang, settled for silver and also broke the world record. Recovering from her first day's failure, our shooter, Du Li, staged a comeback today to samsh the Olympic record in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions, ensuring her a hard-won Olympic gold medal. She finally hit her target for gold. (19th gold)
In the afternoon' archery event, Zhang Juanjuan made history in our country's olympic archery by breaking South Korea's dominance in women's archery at Olympics for 24 years, winning our country's first ever Olympic archery title. During the very tough event, after brushing aside all three Koreans in her way to the Olympic victory, the two-time Olympican foiled reigning champion and No.1 seed's efforts to defend her title with a 110-109 win in the final. Two Koreans respectively settled silver and bronze. This women's individual archery gold is our delegation's twenty-first gold. In the just-finished event, Yang Xiuli won another Judo gold for our delegation in women's 78kg class with a little margin against a Cuba player, delecating the 22rd gold to our delegaion.
Our players are playing in best condition, and achieved impressive sports results. We are all proud of their outstanding achievements.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Cloudy
Women's gymnasts have made history by winning 1st women's team gold medal.
As usual, daughter went to the piano class and wife worked days. In the evening, my clever daughter finished studying four dipthongs and grastped them very well. And other times, we continued to watch the Olympic games at home together happily.
Today is also so special a day for us Chinese people because women gymnasts won our first ever Olympic team gold mdal with a big victory over the United States team, scoring a winning total of 188.900 points and making a dramatical and historic breakthrough expected by us for decades. They finished 1st in the qualificaion round for the gymnastics. This is the fourteenth gold dedicated by Cheng Fei and another five debutants, Yang Yilin, Jiang Liyuan, Li Shanshan, He Kexin and Deng Linlin.
Chen Ying pocketed the fifteenth gold for our delegation in women's 25m sports pistol event, who made her incredible victory in the final round. Qin Kei and Wang Feng bagged the sixteenth gold, men's 3m springboard synchronized diving gold with their perfect performances. In the Water Cube, they ignited the home crowd, and fans roared for their dramatical and excellent performance.
Liu Chunhong, the defender in women's 69kg class weightlifting champion, pocketed the gold again with her fabulous and perfect performance. In Athens 2004 Olympic Games, she claimed the title easily and broke the world record in this event three times, and today, she broke this event's world record five times in snatch and clear & jerk. She is a great player and a very lovely girl and hugged her coach tightly and happily and delicated her supreme honor and achievement to her coach.
I have spent a pleasant and exciting day and been proud of our players' dramatic and terrific performances and confident demonstrations.
As usual, daughter went to the piano class and wife worked days. In the evening, my clever daughter finished studying four dipthongs and grastped them very well. And other times, we continued to watch the Olympic games at home together happily.
Today is also so special a day for us Chinese people because women gymnasts won our first ever Olympic team gold mdal with a big victory over the United States team, scoring a winning total of 188.900 points and making a dramatical and historic breakthrough expected by us for decades. They finished 1st in the qualificaion round for the gymnastics. This is the fourteenth gold dedicated by Cheng Fei and another five debutants, Yang Yilin, Jiang Liyuan, Li Shanshan, He Kexin and Deng Linlin.
Chen Ying pocketed the fifteenth gold for our delegation in women's 25m sports pistol event, who made her incredible victory in the final round. Qin Kei and Wang Feng bagged the sixteenth gold, men's 3m springboard synchronized diving gold with their perfect performances. In the Water Cube, they ignited the home crowd, and fans roared for their dramatical and excellent performance.
Liu Chunhong, the defender in women's 69kg class weightlifting champion, pocketed the gold again with her fabulous and perfect performance. In Athens 2004 Olympic Games, she claimed the title easily and broke the world record in this event three times, and today, she broke this event's world record five times in snatch and clear & jerk. She is a great player and a very lovely girl and hugged her coach tightly and happily and delicated her supreme honor and achievement to her coach.
I have spent a pleasant and exciting day and been proud of our players' dramatic and terrific performances and confident demonstrations.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 sunny cloudy
My daughter went to the piano class in the morning and wife off the night shift at home all day. During the whole afternoon, we were watching the Olympic games happily. Daughter studied two vowel phonemes and two diphthong phonemes. She still did very well in it, and I am proud of her goooooood performance.
In the afternoon, I was very guilt for my own attitude to my lovely daughter. The reason is as follows. My some little change of about 20 RMB yuan had been left in the upper pocket of my T-shirt for my morning exercise every day. But this morning I didn't find my little change in the pocket and I was very determined that it was my daughter that took it away without my permission because she was still watching Internet videos in my study from 7 to 9pm every day during the whole summer holidays. So I stubbornly thought she did it and I was very angry that she did not admit that she had taken it away after she was asked on this matter.
But after a short time, I suddenly recalled that I did not put on my that T-shirt to the Xinhua Bookshop to buy the IPA table for her but another short-sleeved coat. So I checked up my recalling and found that change was in my pocked of that white short-sleeved coat. I know that I was mistaken very much and very sorry for my fault and for my being arbitrary. Also I was feeling so guilt for what I did to my poor daughter who was wronged very much.
This is, for me, a painful lesson that I was taught by my life. As a matter of fact, my daughter never take any monery without parents' permission, and I should know that it is her big virtue that I have ever been proud of it, but doday I forgot it so irrationally and arbitrarily. I am very very sorry for my irrational act today. I am very sorry, my daughter.
Today is also a very special day for our gymnasts. Our players were met with deafening cheers and applause, as they are determined to re-claim the Olympic team crown which they lost to Japan in Athens four years ago. Our formidable male gymnasts stormed to a long-awaited Olympic team gymnastic gold medal at last as they are longing before an ecstatic home crowd here They claimed the title beating defending Olympic champion Japan to second place by a comfortable margin. Our great gymansts are Li Xiaopeng, Yang Wei, Huang Xu, Chen Yibing, Xiao Qin and debutant Zou Kai.
Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin, another two debutants, seized the eleventh glod for our delegation in women's 10m platform synchronized event. Zhong Man downed a French player 15-9 to win the men's individual sabre fencing gold medal, it is 24 years since Lu Jujie took the foil gold medal in Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984. The thirteenth gold is from another Olympic debutant, Liao Hui, who beat other players to win the men's 69kg class weightlifting gold medal.
Our Olympic players have made a fabulous performance today. They are all best of best.
In the afternoon, I was very guilt for my own attitude to my lovely daughter. The reason is as follows. My some little change of about 20 RMB yuan had been left in the upper pocket of my T-shirt for my morning exercise every day. But this morning I didn't find my little change in the pocket and I was very determined that it was my daughter that took it away without my permission because she was still watching Internet videos in my study from 7 to 9pm every day during the whole summer holidays. So I stubbornly thought she did it and I was very angry that she did not admit that she had taken it away after she was asked on this matter.
But after a short time, I suddenly recalled that I did not put on my that T-shirt to the Xinhua Bookshop to buy the IPA table for her but another short-sleeved coat. So I checked up my recalling and found that change was in my pocked of that white short-sleeved coat. I know that I was mistaken very much and very sorry for my fault and for my being arbitrary. Also I was feeling so guilt for what I did to my poor daughter who was wronged very much.
This is, for me, a painful lesson that I was taught by my life. As a matter of fact, my daughter never take any monery without parents' permission, and I should know that it is her big virtue that I have ever been proud of it, but doday I forgot it so irrationally and arbitrarily. I am very very sorry for my irrational act today. I am very sorry, my daughter.
Today is also a very special day for our gymnasts. Our players were met with deafening cheers and applause, as they are determined to re-claim the Olympic team crown which they lost to Japan in Athens four years ago. Our formidable male gymnasts stormed to a long-awaited Olympic team gymnastic gold medal at last as they are longing before an ecstatic home crowd here They claimed the title beating defending Olympic champion Japan to second place by a comfortable margin. Our great gymansts are Li Xiaopeng, Yang Wei, Huang Xu, Chen Yibing, Xiao Qin and debutant Zou Kai.
Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin, another two debutants, seized the eleventh glod for our delegation in women's 10m platform synchronized event. Zhong Man downed a French player 15-9 to win the men's individual sabre fencing gold medal, it is 24 years since Lu Jujie took the foil gold medal in Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984. The thirteenth gold is from another Olympic debutant, Liao Hui, who beat other players to win the men's 69kg class weightlifting gold medal.
Our Olympic players have made a fabulous performance today. They are all best of best.
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