Diving in Qingdao To be frank the weather in Qingdao is not very good for surfing(at least it’s not an ideal pleace to surf).This year the Olympic regatta games have almost canceled,because the wind is not strong enough to hold sailing games at all!However the wind suddenly become strong just 2 days before the regatta games begun.Well I do not have good luck like this,when carried a surf broad to the beach,the ocean is as calm as I receive a ticket.Haha. This summer I fall in love with diving,when I was in Dali,and I soon realize it’s will be same [View Full Entry]

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Shangri-la Shangri-la actually means “Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture”.I have been there many times when I was very young,because my dad is a geologist and that region ia very rich in mineral resource. Shangri-la has changed a lot, because of tourism,and the book “The Lost Horizon”. This summer I went to Shangri-la again,to my surprise this region has been well developed during the past years.When I was there many years ago, only a street named Changzhengdadao Rd. was can be seen [View Full Entry]

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Baigongguan Prison & Zhazidong Prison are located in the Gele Muntain in Chongqing,where Kuomingtang tortured the communist during WWⅡ. Believe or not all the Chinese people know this prsion because there is an article about the yongest martyr who died for the PRC.His name is Song Zhengzhong"宋振中",he was arrested with his Mom when he was only one year old ,never know what candy taste in his life and because of lacking of nutrition he has never grown up.With his only skin and bone body his head looks really big so he got the nick name "Little Radish". [View Full Entry]

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A name brand worldwide.The most famous liquor band in China,and what more the most matter,I mean what Chinese people care about most is drinking.Someone once said "The Chinese people do everyhting carelessly,but drinking.If someone else invite you to drink you must drink as well.The westerns didn't drink in the same way that's because compare with Chinese they are very individual.Chinese drinking culture has very long histroy,haha,every westerners get puzzled when they was invited by a Chinese to bottles up(that means you drink up all the liquor at the same time)Some strong liquor also used to [View Full Entry]

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9 more days,I have booked my ticket to Chengdu on 18th July.Before that I gotta cram for the exams!And then my summer vacation will begin! I have dreamed the last moment for the whole yaer,but I am really stressed when the moment coming.It's like a gamble,you gotta pick and choose areas of guess and focus what will be on the exams.It's always a gamble actually.What's more,it's will add more stress to study at the last moment!To add mroe stress I have spanish to learn. I gotta say that it's next to impossible to balance the exams and my spanish.Me gusta Espanol,speaking [View Full Entry]

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Though it just like dreaming,my friend who hasn’t seen for many show up again!Ha ha.Though Portia just spent 2days in Qingdao,we had a lot of wonderful time!I felt uncertain and unconfident when I roaming in Qingdao 3years ago,because I am a totally stranger to this city,but now my Australian friends who I met in Dali is walking with me.I think they won’t feel uncertain like I did three years ago. This Catholic church is called St.Michael’s Cathedral,which was desinghed by a German architect Pipieruch in a Gothic and Roman style.This building is occupying a land area of 1, [View Full Entry]

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Mt.Cangshan was covered by white snow all over the year,so pure &so beauty.Erhai lake has that kind of blue ,which touched my heart deeply. It's amazing to enjoy everything in Dali when the entire China is sitll very cold,and million Chinese people have been surfing the bad weather. So luckily to buy the round-trip ticket with such huge discount.I have eventualy come back to my HOMETOWN without sur from the bad weather in south China! [View Full Entry]

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Hardly believe that I can cycle in the Velodrome（Bycicle Stadium）again!The trip to Rizhao remind me my short time in Sports Academy when I was in Yunnan.Soon after my right knee was badly injured I quit the Sports Academy. quitting the sports academy is a good choice so far,because my knee even don’t recovered completely so far . However I can here my inner voice :I still wanna be one of those athletes.How I wishes to do so ,but all I can do is just watch .I lost the best time to be an athlete. [View Full Entry]

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Three years !!! Even though I have been in ,a coastal city,Qingdao three years.I haven't been so happy &excited!I have never found so much fun in the sea. I am from southwest China ,my hometown is wedged between Mt.Cangshan and Erhai lake (a fresh water lake,2000 ).I had not saw the sea until I attempted my university in Qingdao 3years ago . when I was 19years old,I saw the sea for the first time in my life .I will never forget how excited I was to see the real sea !Last week when the 11surfers (Todd,David,Simon,Lindsey,Tammy,James,Chirstina,Jess,Marion,Moira&Nora)from California com [View Full Entry]

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I can hardly believe that I have got the chance to surf again! Still in the Old stoneman beach in Qingdao.Those friends from California also come to teach us today!It's really exciting to do so,after that day's surf I think I have almost made it ,to stand on the surf broad with my two feet! The waves are stronger than yesterday's,so I didn't need to paddle very much .I can feel the water pushing me ,and I try my best to stood on it as soon as possible.Once I stood on it I felt that I can almost control it [View Full Entry]

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