Carmen Xu 佳敏

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Archive for August, 2008

Nintendo Wii Fit

Tuesday
Aug 19,2008

We bought a Nintendo Wii games console over one year ago in Guangzhou and recently bought the Wii Fit in London. Apparently we have influenced at least six friends to buy it after they have played it, and they are extremely popular in the UK and we had to order the Wii Fit online shipped from German because UK ran out of stocks.

Using the Wii Fit you can practice your yoga, balancing, and other fun exercises to burn your calories. It’s really good for the lazy people such as myself and when I have time I use it to excercise and keep track of my weight. It’s really fun to play with freinds and makes for a good purchase.

不知不觉我们在广州买了Wii 任天堂游戏机有一年多了,之后在伦敦才买Wii Fit。我们成功的说服了至少6个朋友也买了它。Wii 在哪里都超级受欢迎,我们还要上网订购Wii fit,而从德国运过来才行,因为当时英国卖短货了。

我用Wii Fit锻炼俞加或是一些平衡的游戏,每天锻炼,它不仅让你流汗,还真的可以消耗卡路里,对我这些懒人又可以玩游戏,又可以做运动,何乐不为呢?我要保持苗条的身材,或要再瘦点!当你有很多朋友来你家时,大家可以一起玩一些互动游戏和一起开怀大笑。我觉得是不错的投资!希望你也买一个玩玩吧!

Monday
Aug 18,2008

As a dimsum lover I ate a lot of delicious dimum while Guangzhou; it’s one of the main things I love about Guangzhou. As a new visitor in London I wanted to see what the dim sum here is like.

I read Shanghai Blues is one of the better dimsum restaurants. As well as serving dim sum in a luxury Chinese and Western style decoration they also serve Gongfu Tea and have live Jazz music every Friday night - everything I could hope for in a restaurant! The dimsum is about 5 pounds per dish, normal evening dish from 15 pounds.

Dimsum and food is 3.8 of 5; environment 4.5 of 5; service 4.5 of 5. I am sure I will return there again.

说到喝茶,吃点心,这是我在广州7年必做的事,三五知己周末一起去喝茶聊天,广州的点心价廉物美,什么档次都有,这也是广州的魅力一处。所以我要在伦敦尝试一些好吃的点心餐厅,我相信太多的这样的餐厅了。听说“蒲点”是评为超好的十大点心餐厅之一。这个餐厅的特色是你不仅仅你可以尝到精致的点心,中西结合的奢华环境,还可以点功夫茶,听爵士乐(每周五都有)天啊,这不是统统是我的最爱嘛,点心,功夫茶和爵士…我们定了7点半,进入餐厅,装饰超级时尚,里面象个俱乐部,蓝色基调,听说鸡尾酒最出名。点心从5磅起,其他菜从18磅起,5星最高来说,我给点心评价3.8个星,环境4.5, 服务4.5。相信我以后还是会去尝试多点点心的,听现场的爵士…

Last.fm

Tuesday
Aug 12,2008

I have been using lastfm for almost a year and I love it so much. last.fm is a UK base internet radio for music lovers to listen music, or explore similar artists. All you need to do is to apply for an account and add all your favorite artists in to the library. The system will look at your music taste and introduce more good music to you. You might find that other users will recommend various music to you as well.

The web site is stylish and very easy to use! Besides, it also has HK and Taiwan popular artists in Chinese.

I use it to play music when I surf the internet. I know there are a lot of similar websites, but I highly recommend this one to you.

用了lastfm这个在线音乐网站一年了, lastfm是一个英国十分流行的internet播放器,它让我爱不释手,几乎一上网就习惯要打开它,作为我音乐的背景。网站设计十分时髦,新型和使用超级简单。你要登记一个账户,然后找寻你喜欢的音乐歌手,系统会跟你介绍类似你喜欢的歌手,让你接触更多你喜欢的音乐;也有些歌迷会介绍好听的歌曲或歌手给你。

它不仅有英文歌手,还有中文歌手介绍,我极力推荐给爱音乐的你。

Arrived in London

Tuesday
Aug 12,2008

I packed my luggage and it took me 7 hours to get to HK airport. Luckily I could see the Olympic Opening Ceremony while I was waiting to check in. Even thought I am tired of Olympic topics in China, the opening ceremony was stunning and I almost burst into tears when I saw our national flag and everyone was singing our national song.

Anyway, after another 13 hours on the plane I finally arrived at Heathrow airport and went through the immigration. I thought I would need to take an x-ray on the spot because I’m staying in the UK more than 1 year, but apparently you don’t anymore. Great!

I arrived and felt like I had never left, everything was so familiar. The next day I registered with the police. Hopefully I will open my bank accounts on tomorrow morning. The weather is not fantastic here, chilly and raining, although often with a blue sky.

拿起包袱,做了7个小时的巴士到香港机场,在机场看奥运开幕式。虽然自己有点反叛不想老听到奥运的东西,因好像2008年就离不开奥运话题,但看到精彩及令人惊叹的开幕式,觉得自己真自豪!在升旗和唱国歌,自己也情不自禁的想落泪,香港机场气氛很好,各个都拍掌惊叹多么漂亮的开幕式。

到了伦敦机场,因假如在英国停留过于1年,就要求做胸透体检,啊,居然不用,太好了!到家了,好像我从没有离开过,隔天去警察局登记,明天去银行开户就大功告成了。这几天的天气都不是很好,一会蓝天白云,一会倾盆大雨,而温度象是秋天了,我要我的夏天回来啊!

My newborn niece

Monday
Aug 11,2008

My sister told me that her baby was one week late. Since I said goodbye to Guangzhou and came back to Shantou to see my family before I fly to London. I am so surprised that the baby is so eager to say hello to me and the baby was born on 30th July at 3: 35 pm - exactly the day I arrived in Shantou. It’s a baby girl and weighs 5.8kg, with big eyes and looks like exactly like my brother-in-law. I am now officially an aunty.

My family is overwhelming excited; even thought sister was a little bit disappointed it was not a boy, because she was expecting a boy. My brother-in-law and I are happy to have a baby girl anyway! I will be flying this Friday and next time when I see the baby girl, she can speak, and will be more cute. Baby’s English name is called Natalie.

我的侄女出世拉!

姐姐告诉我说宝宝1个星期迟来报到了。已经跟广州告别,想在飞伦敦之前回到汕头见见父母,也希望姐姐的宝宝快出世,在飞之前能见上我侄女一面。惊喜的事,宝宝在我到达汕头的第一天就出世拉!姐姐虽然比较虚弱,但宝宝是顺产,5.8斤。大小都健康,宝宝超级小,两个大大的眼睛,就像我姐夫一样,长得很漂亮和大气,我还帮忙换尿布呢!哈哈,我终于做了小姨了!等我下次回家,她可能就会说话了。宝宝的中文名叫奕希,英文名叫娜塔丽,是一个漂亮的公主的名字!