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Best Summer Vacation
Wednesday, 13 Aug, 2008 – 8:21 | No Comment
Best Summer Vacation

Have you ever seen the movie of Chicago–the famous musical film directed by Rob Marshall and released by Miramax Films in 2002?
The movie arouses my interest in the city. The city of Chicago is attracting …

Contraceptive Drugs
Tuesday, 12 Aug, 2008 – 14:15 | No Comment
Contraceptive Drugs

I’ve heard about a lot of discussion about the moral grounds of contraception and abortion lately.
Actually, when considering seriously, you’ll find out that there are a lot of complicated but funny things concerning this topic. …

Smoking Kills
Tuesday, 12 Aug, 2008 – 10:58 | No Comment
Smoking Kills

Smoking kills…I’m quite aware of that, but it’s still something hard to quit.
Every time when I’m really exhausted, or got bad temper without other outlets, I light up a cigarette and calm myself down for …

Pasta
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 23:34 | One Comment
Pasta

Pasta means “Dough” in Italian. It is a generic term for Italian variants of noodles, food made from a dough of flour, water and/or eggs.
It’s amazing that there are approximately 350 different shapes of pasta …

Translation of Food Names
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 21:27 | No Comment
Translation of Food Names

Names of traditional foods sometimes stand for certain culture in a country. Many food names even origin from some historical stories.
However, the translated version of foods names usually can be quite confusing to the foreigners …

Beijing National Stadium
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 20:33 | No Comment
Beijing National Stadium

The Beijing National Stadium, called as “the Bird’s Nest”, is the main track and field stadium for the Beijing Olympics as well as the place to host the Opening and Closing ceremonies.
Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog …

The Water Cube
Sunday, 10 Aug, 2008 – 19:14 | No Comment
The Water Cube

The National Aquatics Centre, known as ‘The Water Cube’, is one of the most dramatic and exciting spot in the 2008 Olympics.
The consortium of Arup, architecture firm PTW, the CSCEC (China State Construction and Engineering …

Drugs in Sport Meeting
Sunday, 10 Aug, 2008 – 15:41 | No Comment
Drugs in Sport Meeting

A Greek athlete—Anastasios Gousis, was disqualified by the committee from the 200 meters running competition on August 9th 2008, as he failed to pass the drug testing in the Olympic Games.
It’s hard to tell the …

Asperger Syndrome
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 23:01 | No Comment
Asperger Syndrome

Weiwei, a dear friend of mine since high school, once concluded that facing all kinds of high pressure of life now, people in the modern society all have some sorts of these or those disorder, …

Book Swap
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 22:13 | One Comment
Book Swap

I just found a lovely local pub near my place today, where there is a book swapping project.
It’s really interesting idea. You can sit in, drinking and reading the books in the pub. You can …

Fort William
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 13:24 | No Comment
Fort William

As I have no internet connection back home recently, I focus on processing the hundreds of pics I’ve taken during my last long trip these days. And I just found out that I’ve taken some …

Untraceable (网络杀机)
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 15:49 | One Comment
Untraceable (网络杀机)

The movie of Untraceable is about how NYPD got the genius serial killer of twenty.
The young killer built up a life-killing website, which is connected to different killing appliance. The more people key in to …

Memorable Georgia
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 15:39 | One Comment
Memorable Georgia

Four more weeks later, I’m going to be free from the tiresome work I’m working on now. The fabulous vacation will come then. I’m still considering where to go these days during the short breaks …

Beijing Olympic
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 14:41 | No Comment
Beijing Olympic

Auguest 8th, 2008. It should be a date memorized by the world. It’s the opening day for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in China. The Olympic slogan is One World, One Dream.
It’s the very …