Monthly Archives: November 2008

First Snow in London

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I know that London does not have heavy snow, but I have evidenced my first time – see the real snow. It was at 8: 45 am, and I looked out the window, pretty white snow has already covered over cars, our garden and the roofs. I saw the few snow flakes slowly and gentlely coming down from the sky. After few minutes, the heavy flakes like raining was flying down. There were big and chunky. Unforturnately I can’t go outside and touch them because I was still in my pyjamas. Here are some pictures I took.

However, it was only last 15 minutes, then it turned into rainning, then sunshine. That is amazing that you can always experience various weather in a day, and that’s why I fascinate about Britain – so unpredictable. I was overwhelmly excited to see the real snow, and experience the hail in the other day, because I grew up in the South of China, and haven’t seen the real snow and hail before. I am sure I will have many oppotunities to see the them, even a white Christmas in the future.

The weather is cold, windy and raining (sunshining). I was really exhausted to prepare my essays and exams and I am so glad it will be over soon, and I can enjoy my relaxing weekends again. Last week I was sick and I know many my friends in China are sick as well. Guys, take care and keep warm.

约翰跟我说伦敦很少下雪，下也可能短时间。今天我见证整这的下雪。早上8点45分，约翰跟我说外面下雪了，我猛得爬下床，看了下窗外 － 雪已经覆盖了车顶，屋檐和我们的花园。雪静静的漂着，我象个小公主在窗内，两只眼睛大大的等待着惊喜。过了几分钟，雪渐渐的大了起来，雪花大到象空心的乒乓球。我太激动了，打开窗去触摸它，可惜太冷了，还穿着睡衣，要不然我绝对冲外面感受 “雪”。我拍下了几张照片

仅仅15分钟的雪,然后雪转为雨，雨转为阳光。太惊奇了，一天有3种天气，这就是我喜欢英国的天气的原因－变化无常。我太兴奋看到伦敦第一次下雪，前几天也经历了冰雹。相信以后很多机会看下雪，在南方长大的我还没有看过真正的下雪，说不定也会经历‘白色的圣诞节’哦！

第一学期快结束了，所以很多考试和论文要准备，都快过去了，希望我可以过上轻松的周末，不用埋头苦读。累坏的我也感冒了，中国的朋友们也很多都病了，大家注意保暖哦！

Bonfire in Victoria Park

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My friend Miwa and us went to see the Bonfire in Victoria Park on 2nd of November.

It felt so weird because traditionally we only have fireworks on Chinese New Year. It made me feel that it was New Year’s night, except there was no signs of a New Year’s atmosphere. Thousands of people showed up in Victoria Park and it was fantastic that the fireworks were directly above us with no buildings to block your vision. It’s true that pretty things wouldn’t last forever, but amazingly it was a new experience for me to see my first bonfire in London.

Soon Christmas will be coming. My last Christmas was in Beijing and it is still vivid in my mind. Time certainly flies and soon it will be Christmas in London. Can’t wait.

Miwa和我们一起约在2号去看维多利亚公园看“篝火”之夜。“篝火”也包裹放烟花，总觉得超级别扭。对我而已，放烟花只在中国传统过年时在有的，传统篝火是5号正式开始的，还没有到那天，天天就听到人家放烟花的声音，气氛十分象中国过年，除了没有任何过年的味道和大家忙碌的气氛。当天成千上万的人出现在公园里，首先是燃烧一个开口常开的太阳，然后烟花正式开始。超大的烟花在你头上打着，人都被烟淹没在里面。虽说烟花刹那间而过，但却让我在伦敦留下了烟花般的美丽。圣诞节快来了，上年在北京度过的圣诞节还历历在目，时间真象流沙，过得真快。听说约翰的家人要给我一个隆重的圣诞节，迫不期待啊！

Financial Crisis

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I am occupied by my studies and I am so surprise that the amount of the reading and preparing I am involving. Even though I don’t have much time to relax, I certainly enjoy the processing of learning new knowledge.

As my major is Business and Global Politics, financial crisis which happens recently is one of popular topics that we can not ignore. I believe it really affects the UK’s economic and employment situation. We buy the newspaper everyday since Lehmen Brother announced their bankruptcy. I felt I am connected with the country – news and surprising headlines in everywhere.

I remember when the financial crisis in Asia happened in 1997, maybe I was young or either we had limit information to experience the real affects of financial crisis, besides, not all of the occupations were affected it, such as Civil Servants, so it didn’t change much of people’s life. As I know that people were tightened their belts and reluctant to spent their money. Now it’s same here in the UK. The economic is slowing down. People don’t want to spend much. The exchange rate rapidly drops. Banks are deceasing the interest rate and stock market is unstable. Frankly, I learned a lot what is the free market.

For China, I saw the news from Guardian(1/11/08) explained that due to the slow economy in the West, many exporting factories in Dongguan were shut down and the workers were forced to lose their jobs. Even the stock market in China was not promising at all. The news in BBC said that frnancial crisis wipes out billions off wealth of China’s super-rich. Sincerely hope 2009 will be getting better and better.

Regardless of all the sad news happened, a stunning good news that the Unite States has their first black president Barack Obama of democratic party, who has won the presidential election on this Weds. We are looking forwards to seeing the new leader of America.

08 经融危机

最近因学习超忙，要读很多课外书和做什么准备工作，学习不再是死记应背，是理解运用。虽没太多时间放松，但却乐在其中。因我选经济和全球政治为我的专业，经融风暴是无法不提的一个话题。英国的经济和就业状况是严重受到它打击之一。从美国强大的经融实业 雷曼兄弟 宣布破产，许多意想不到报纸头条和新闻是关注的重点。同时，我也深感和这个国家一起波动。

记得97年亚洲经融危机时，可能自己太小或有限的媒体接触，不觉得和我们生活有太大的关系。当然，不是每个行业的人都受到影响，例如在政府部门工作。但那时侯只知道，赚钱不容易，花钱也格外谨慎。现在英国经济也是一样。大家都不想花太多钱，以备雨天。英镑外汇率大跌，银行宣布减息，股市波动起伏，这些都在发生中，我也学到了什么叫做 “无制约经融市场”。

在英国看不到很多中国新闻，朋友们也说他们不感到经融风暴对她们生活的影响，但在Guardian报纸前周六报纸大副报道：南方地区东莞，很多出口的工厂被迫宣布倒闭，因西方经融危机而已导致出口订单大量减少，很多工人也被迫下岗。中国的股市也跌得很厉害，希望09年越来越景气。

这周却有好消息，美国第一非洲美国血统的奥巴马在这周3赢了08年美国总统选举，希望他的当选和新的政策给美国或全球经济带来新的刺激。