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！

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…

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。

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 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！

As some of you know, my time in London was a testing period to see what the city is like. Very shortly I will be moving there to study for a masters degree at the University Of London.

Saying goodbye to Guangzhou, and especially my good friends, is not easy. I have spent a total of seven years in Guangzhou, arriving here as an innocent girl from Shantou. I’ve enjoyed my life, my studies, and my jobs here in Guangzhou and it is not without some sadness that I leave. However, although I am scared I am also excited to have something new and challenging to look forward to. I will need to start from scratch and work very hard, but the rewards should be well worth it.

I really wish I could take all my friends with me to London and I will miss them all. I am so glad they are always there for me and want them to know that they have played an important part of my life. I wish the best of luck to all of my friends and hope to see them in London.

See you soon Guangzhou.

5月在伦敦旅游了一个月，又回到熟悉的广州开始工作了，好像觉得从没有离开过广州似的。已经辞职的我，再工作多半个月，就生活在伦敦了。现在在准备好所有的一切，开始我的学生生涯，我将在其中一所伦敦大学读硕士。

其实很舍不得跟广州说再见，特别是我的朋友们，毕竟我在广州生活了7年了。４年的大学生活到3年工作；从一个什么都不懂的汕头妹，到可以说能自力更生独立生活在广州。我喜欢我的工作和简单的广州生活，但我意识到是时候为将来而准备而冲刺，让自己的英文水平更近一层，拿个更高的学位和国外的工作经验。说真的，我又是担心又是兴奋，因什么东西我对来说都是从头开始。前路茫茫，但一想到新的东西，新的朋友，也是给自己的一种加气的鼓励把。

真希望能把所有的朋友都打包跟我一起飞到伦敦，我会多么想念你们的陪伴和笑声。谢谢大家对我的厚爱和支持，你们在我生命中是如此的重要，祝大家心想事成，记得一定要来伦敦看我哦。

再见了广州，我把我的青春的黄金时间都奉献给你了，咱们后会有期。　

As a big fan of Sex And The City, I have have been waiting to see the movie. London was chosen to host the premier, and all members of the cast showed up in Leicester Square on 12th May 2008. It’s a pity that I wasn’t arriving in the UK until the week after and so missed the chance to see them. Never mind, the movie opened to the public while I was there, and I did get chance to see it.

Love is complicated…

The movie is a continuation of the last season from TV, and begins by filling in the gaps of the time immediately after the close of the TV show. All the actors are very professional and give skillful performances in the movie. The movie contains different elements which will touch and break your heart, as well as give you joy. I will not say too much about the details of the movie, but you will find out when you watch it. Actually I was in tears several times for the humorous conversation, heart-breaking moments, happy unions, and especially the understanding of different kinds of love in the movie.

I enjoyed the movie so much and there are many moment I felt so connected. I guess the movie is also the end of our legendary story of Sex And The City series. Like the movie says: there are always perfect ending in fairy tales, but in reality, there is not always a perfect ending in our lives.

I gave it 4.5 stars of 5.

作为Sex and the City 忠实fans，我们期待已久的电影版终于上映了，虽然我赶不上12号他们来伦敦的首映，但上周末去电影院就让我一饱眼福了。

爱是复杂的…

电影的主题是关于不同的爱，也是续最后一集连续局接下去的故事。有我们期待想发生的，也有我们不想发生但却发生的故事。每个演员的倾力演出让这部电影更加有味道。电影有很多触动人心感人的场面，有幽默的对白和场景，有伤心落泪，幸福的喜悦和女主角们的坚固友情，这都在短短的2个小时里呈现出来。我不能说太多关于剧情，大家到时候看了就知道。感情十分丰富的我，都被很多场面感动得满面泪水。

Sex and the City 就象是陪伴我们一起长大的故事，2008年这部电影也是对这部连续局10年来划上一个句号。象电影里面说的，童话故事都有完美的结局，但现实上不是每个人都有没有完美的结局，但当然我们还是要保持生活的积极态度。我们会想念这个传奇故事的连续剧，我们也会想念他们的服装，更想念曾经陪我们一起走过的岁月。

Some people might have heard the song from the Apple Nano advert “1234″, but not known who sang it. The singer is Leslie Feist, from Canada. I am so lucky to have seen her perform in London at the Royal Albert Hall, which is situated in the Knightsbridge area facing Hyde Park. Before the concert we walked for a while in Hyde Park and it is huge, beautiful ,and peaceful.

The Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen Victoria in 1871 in memory of her husband, Prince Albert. The exterior of the building is very distinctive and looks like a giant mushroom. We went inside and there was a guide to show us to our seats, which turned out to be a small private room containing four seats, as well as a private dressing table. I was so thrilled! The interior is amazing, with a huge open circular space in traditional English style. I felt like I was a princess watching some opera.

The show started at 8: 30 PM. Wearing a short white vintage dress with frilly sleeves and high top tennis shoes, Feist played most of her songs from the recent album. Set against a backdrop featuring a woman drawing live finger paint art, this was also a highlight of her concert. Nearly everything about the performance was flawless. She didn’t have any edgy voice, and sang with such dexterity and clarity. She can move from breathy to yelping to full-bodied and elegant. I have to say that her voice is so beautiful and powerful.

Feist was also a very good conversationalist, making jokes, and coercing the audience to join in various songs. It was hard not to like her, and it was a pity that she didn’t sing one of my favorite songs - “Secret Heart”.

Anyway, I am very pleased to watch her professional performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Absolutely it is worth five stars.

On the second day after I arrived in London I went to see the Delays play in concert at KOKO on Camden High Street. KOKO is a strange place - it is an old opera house, once one of the largest in London, and is spread over four floors. We chose to go to the first floor and look over the balcony where we could easily see the band. I have to admit that the concert was amazing and I enjoyed all the songs. Greg Gilbert, the lead vocalist, has a very special high voice and the atmosphere was very exciting. I can’t believe that he looks so young, but is so talented, to create so such distinctive music.

They have released three albums and my favourite album is “You See Colours”. One of their songs was featured in an episode of Veronica Mars.

Here is their myspace page.

John took me visit all the attractions in London at the weekend. We have been through London eye, The Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square,The Tower of London,The British Museum,Tate Gallery of Modern Art, China Town, Buckingham Palace, OXO Tower, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul`s Cathedral, Shakespeare`s Globe Theatre and Brick Lane. I can’t believe that we have done so many tourist places in these two days, but I got a lot of fun and different experience as well.

On the way I also went to play on the Mary-go-around for few minutes. It sounds childish, but actually I haven’t done that since 1990; it just reminded me of my childhood. Many cool artists perform their show near London eyes. You put some money, then they will move or perform for you. Funny things is I wasn’t expect to see a man dressed up with a horror mouth in his stomach and I was screaming and everyone was looking at me. And then the man decided to make me scream one more time; he was chasing me and used his scary month to bite my arm. God…so funny but I couldn’t help screaming.

I have to say there are so many places to visit in London and I love the city atmosphere.