After the business exam, Vicky, Miwa and us decided to have some dimsum as a reward after my hard revision. We chose famous Pingpong restaurant in Liverpool Street to have an unlimited dimsum. It means that you spent 17 pounds and eat whatever you want.

The restaurant environment is modern and stylish. John and I order some lychee drink, friends ordered some Wulong tea. The menu has about 15-25 choices for you to choose. Dimsum’s flavour was quite authentic. However, we all could tell that they were slightly westernised. Unbelievably, we ate 30 dishes in total, and I ate the most.

Overall, I think it’s worth trying and definitely worth 17 pounds if you can eat a lot like me. I will still recommend it for you to try the Pingpong Dimsum. Some more delicious dimsum pictures are here.

Environment: 4 / 5, Food: 3.5 / 5, service: 4 / 5

终于考完管理一科拉，我们决定要好好对待自己，所以去利物浦街出名的点心餐厅吃点心 － 乒乓点心。他们推出17磅任吃，啊，任吃点心，简直就是我的梦想嘛，实在太开心了。约翰和我点了荔枝果汁，他们点了茶，点心味道还蛮正宗的，但它做的稍微有点 ‘适合外国味道’。但是还是蛮好吃的，我们4人吃了30碟，强吧 （不过我吃的最多，他们的战斗力一般般呢）。不过总的来说，还是值得一试的，点心还是做得很不错。又有照片更新了。

总概括5星最好来说：环境：4星，食物3.5，服务：4星

Luckily I have past all my exams with my hard-work, and got some satisfied results during this year. However, I was not supposed to write something here because I am still doing my final revision. I think I might take a break from it.

During one year, I improved a lot in English Academic Studies and learnt incredible new things, as well as meeting so many friends in London. I have to admitted that studying in the UK is hard that is why I put so much effort on it . I enjoy living in London which is a fantastic metropolitan city with never ending restaurants, shopping, drinking and night-life. I don’t think I never will feel tired of living here.

Anyway, John, Miwa and I went to eat some Indian food for rewarding our hard studying. Sometimes you just want to eat some big spicy curry dishes and there were so delicious and tasty. Friends and I went to have some Spanish food in Soho on Friday night, it was very tasty and reasonable. Good food, good life, then happy day for me! Some updated pictures here.

幸运的我总算过了这一年的辛苦学习，也得到了非常满意的分数，这些分数来之不易啊，要得到高分十分不容易。本应该还在复习最后考试的，但我想给自己一个喘口气的时候。

这一年中，我在英文学术方面提高了很多，也学了很多经济管理和政治的科目，我真的蛮喜欢的新知识的。同时也认识了很多全球各地的朋友，让我认识他们的文化和性格。拿一个英国文凭不简单啊，我真的花费了很多心思和精力去得到好成绩。伦敦－这个国际大都市，富有历史文化底蕴，又是摩登时尚购物和食物天堂，酒吧文化，是个不夜城，只要有钱，生活在这里会很好过。对于我喜欢新鲜的我，实在太爱伦敦了，总给我无数的新体会。

为了奖励大家的辛苦学习，今晚我们去吃了印度菜，约翰吃不了辣，点了超级大的牛肉汉堡加烟肉，但我和日本朋友点了超辣的咖喱牛肉，美和点了咖喱虾，喝上黑啤，真是享受。有时候你就是特想吃辣辣的咖喱！周五又和好朋友去吃西班牙菜，享受辛苦的奖赏的！ Cheers！有更多的照片！

It was a moment
Blue sky was background
Green leaves were subordinate
Your pink blossom stood out

When the wind blew
You fell
I feel pity for all the falling flowers
Because it takes a year to see them
You sacrificed the flowers in Spring
Without you
London is not as pretty as it is

Slowly without notice
Your blossom left no trace in Summer
You are so beautiful, but momentary
It makes that you are so charming
Maybe because you are momentary!

一个浪漫的春天 － 樱花盛开的季节

那是一个瞬间
蓝天白云是你的背景
绿叶是你的配称
粉红的花瓣是万中一红

你牺牲你的漂亮花瓣
换来春天这刹那的点缀
我怜惜你的凋落的花瓣
因为要等一年才盼到你的到来
没你的存在，
伦敦的春天逊色一般

渐渐地，你的所有花瓣随风下落
慢慢地，你静静地消失来迎接夏天
漂亮的东西总是短暂的
或许因你的短暂生命才显得它漂亮

Discovered Ingrid Michaelson while I am listening in last.fm. so I gave it a try, then I became her fans instantly, and like her three of main albums. Her style is like Sia, Feist, and Priscilla Ahn, which is female vocalists, acoustic and indie pop. Moreover, her song called “Little Romance” was also in Sex And The City Volume 2.

Coincidentally, I just saw information in last.fm which states that in September 2008 she supported Jason Mraz during his European tour. Surprisingly, she will perform in Hammersmith Apollo in next Monday 27th April in London, however, I am not sure I can make it. But I do appreciate her music. Here are her main albums names:

This is her Myspace, and you can listen her music in last.fm.

无意中在 last.fm 听歌，在我自己创建的音乐图书馆（只选择我喜欢的歌手）它自动推荐一位纽约女歌手叫 Ingrid Michaelson，然后听了下她所有的专集，越听越喜欢，她自创歌曲，音乐风格象 Sia, Feist, 和 Priscilla Ahn一样，歌曲浪漫中带伤感，是适合春天季节听的歌曲！仔细看它的介绍，巧合中，Ingrid 还和 Jason Mraz 前年9月份一起在欧洲巡回演唱会合唱呢。

她的歌曲真的不错，27号还在伦敦演唱会，真想去，但现在23号，我觉得买票有点紧，周末去看看。3张专集都超好听：最新张叫：Girls and Boys，然后是 Be OK，我的最爱：Slow the Rain. 她的一首 ‘Little Romance’ 还是电影原声带 Sex And The City 选播之一！这是她的空间 Myspace，你可以在last.fm在线听下你喜不喜她的类型！

Second Day

The weather was foggy when we arrived Brighton, however, I can imagine it would full of people when it comes to Summer. Brighton is a lively and young city. At first, we went to the Theme park in Brighton Pier and had some fun. Then we visited the famous Royal Pavilion, then we drove to the Beachy Head.

Beachy Head, from the name you can tell is the pointy cliff of Sussex, as famous as the white cliffs. We stopped there for half and hour and it was really relaxing. You could see a open-space land and the ocean, sheep, cows and farms. Then we drove back and ate in a famous Dimsum restaurant called Drunken Monkey in Liverpool Street. I heard there are many celebrities and cool trendy young people hanging out there, so it must be great to eat and hang out. Food was not bad; price was totally acceptable, but service could be improved. Then we drove back home and had a great fun holiday.

Third day – Lee Valley

Last station was Lee Valley – 40 minutes drive outside London, then we had a picnic in the park, and rent 4 bikes and rode for 4 hours, seeing the canal, forest, swans and enjoyed the sun and Spring in England. It was the most amazing place to have a weekend break for cycling. Bike rental is 2 pounds per hour. Super good deal. Here are some more pictures.

第二天 －布朗顿 ／ 海滩头

我们开车1个半小时后，到达布朗顿，可惜天气还是有点雾气，海滩上不是很多人，布朗顿是出了名的漂亮和有海滩度假胜地。但可以想象中夏天应该超级多人到这里来晒太阳。给我的感觉它是一个年轻有活力的城市。我们走到海边的‘游乐场’玩了‘鬼屋’ 上下飞船，吓死我了，象海盗船一样，太久没有玩了，功力下降了许多！然后去出名的有印度色彩的－皇宫宫殿，听说以前一个国王旅游到印度，喜欢印度的宫殿建筑就照样子也建了一个，然后我们吃了个简单的炒面就开车去海滩头了。

海滩头，象它的名字一样，是布朗顿最凸出的陡峭的峭壁，也是以白色峭壁出名，我们走了半个小时，海滩头给人很开阔和休闲的感觉，很自然，看着羊啊牛的，吃着草，广阔的草地，看着海，晒着太阳，感觉朴素中带浪漫，十分享受。大家也累了，开车到伦敦商业街利物浦街吃饭，选了一个听说蛮多名人去蒲的餐厅叫 － 醉猴，吃点心和喝酒的地方。我们点了很多点心和些鸡尾酒。食物还可以，价格也蛮能接受的，但服务要改进下。这样就结束了我们第二天旅游。

第三天 － Lee Valley

我们选了伦敦郊外一个公园湖边野餐和骑自行车，放松和运动，户外运动是我们的最爱。单车是两位退休老人家成立的，2磅一个小时，哪里有这么便宜，晚去还没有单车租呢，十分popular啊！值得推荐。这里还有超级多的照片呢！

Day one

As we planned to travel some cities in the UK with friends during Easter Holidays, so we chose Canterbury, Dover, Deal, Sandwich in the first day. These four places are all located in South East England. First day, John drove us to Canterbury as our first stop to see the famous Canterbury Cathedral. Then had some pizza in Strada for a quick lunch. However, we had planned to have a boat trip in Canterbury, but we ran out time. Canterbury was a small pretty town, peaceful, and people were friendly. I like Canterbury a lot.

The next stop was Dover – the famous White cliffs. It was peaceful and open, facing the ocean. It supposes that you can see France through Dover, (the funny thing was Ricky received a message from O2 saying – welcome to France, even we were standing in Dover! That’s why you can see they were very close to each other) Unfortunately the weather was a little bit foggy, so we were unable to see France. I like Dover beach and able to see English Channel.

The last stop was Deal and Sandwich town. They were a small little town, so we just took some pictures and because everyone was tired, so we drove back to rest and ready for the next day. Here some day one pictures.

第一天路游 － 坎特伯雷 ／ 多弗和三文治郡

和朋友们决定放复活节时一起开车去英国几个城市玩。我们选择了第一天先去东南部的坎特伯雷,多弗和三文治郡。开车一个半小时，到了著名的坎特伯雷教堂，本想去乘小船参观的，但我们闲逛教堂太久了，就只能放弃，下次罗。去Strada意大利餐厅吃了超级大的pizza，然后就去下个站。我蛮喜欢坎特伯雷的郡的，漂亮，静静蛮悠闲的小镇，人们也很和蔼。

多弗最著名就是它的白粉质的峭壁, 好天的时候，你可以站在英国的多弗看到法国。我们到了多弗，面对的广阔的海边，看着英吉利海峡, 感觉很开阔和舒服！可惜优点雾，看不到法国，但好笑的是朋友居然收到电信发来的信息说：欢迎您到法国。多弗很漂亮，好天气的时候，可以周末三五知己对着海，晒着太阳，在海边野餐，蛮休闲惬意的！

最后一站就是Deal和三文治郡，我们吃的三文治，我听说就是古时候一个君主喜欢赌博，但边赌博时候又饿了，叫人搞个面包中间加点肉，但不知道怎么命名，就索性叫他们的郡的名字。我们的三文治就这样来的，约翰超级喜欢三文治，就说我们要去下，郡很小，我们就开车过了，大家也累了，就结束了我们第一天的旅游。这就是我们第一天的照片。

Discovered Jason when he had released his first albumMr. A-Z in 2006, and since then, his music is pleasure to listen to. Friends saw Jason performed in HK last month, and said it was an amazing concert. So we finally arrived Hammersmith Apollo last night, where there were many young fans already standing outside, trying to get the good spots to see Jason. We also lined up before it might get too late.

It started at 7: 30, and surprisingly, Jason came out and introduced the warm-up bands, one was Priscilla Ahn, who also sang with Jason for the song called “Lucky” later on. I like Priscilla’s music and her voice was pretty good.

After 8: 30, the whole concert was full. When Jason came out, fans started getting so crazy to welcome him. He basically sang his latest album – We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. When he and Priscilla were singing “Lucky”, then “I’m Yours”, all the fans were singing together and it was a fantastic atmosphere!

Overall, Jason performed very well, and he gave fans many surprises. We did enjoy his concert and look forwards his new album soon. (Jason cover picture is from Flicker.com)

在2006年发掘Jason出第一专集Mr.A-Z 的时候就喜欢上他的音乐，他的音乐让人感到十分阳光和放松，很有California, 沙滩,享受生活的味道。朋友们都去看他在香港演出，说他的表演超级棒呢。终于等到他在伦敦演出拉，昨晚，很多歌迷6点还没到就在排队，要抢最好的位子看Jason.伦敦演唱会都是一个价钱，只是你选择要站还是要做。所以歌迷都纷纷要提前排队，抢个头位。 我们7点也就排上队，等着开场。

7点半就准时开场，惊奇的事，Jason亲自出来介绍‘热身’队 － 一个叫Priscilla Ahn的吉他女歌手，声音和歌曲都不错。到了8点半，全场的坐位都爆满，当Jason出场时，歌迷尖叫声不断。当他和Priscilla唱 “Lucky” 和 “I’m Yours” 的时候,全场歌迷都纷纷和他一起唱，气氛超好！他主要唱他的最新专集，虽然没有唱很多首我的最爱，但他的表演功和调动歌迷的气氛十分棒。疯狂的歌迷被他的声线迷倒了。我们都期待他另一张新专集。

Olesya from Russia invited us to join her house party on Saturday night. Actually I am not really familiar with Russian culture, either with the food. Even though Russia is close by the Northern China, it feels so far away from the Southern China where I grew up. But I am glad that I have met Olesya and she showed me a lot of real Russian food and culture. With all the hard work preparation for the party, she had woken up 6 am and home-made all food with her closest friend Anastasia. The food looked professional as well as tasting delicious.

After few bottles of wine and vodka, everyone started dancing, talking, laughing and enjoying themselves. When we tried to leave, Olesya and Anastasia didn’t want us to leave, then gave us a lot of hugging and kisses – not sure it was the alcohol effect or the Russian culture that they look tough and cold outside, but after being friends with them, they are very warm and passionate inside.

I guess one thing I learn about Russian culture from Olesya is that everything needs to be perfect and she is a very discipline girl. (I am sure there are some exceptional people like her) It was a fantastic party and we enjoyed a lot, also experienced another type of culture in the UK. Here some of the pictures.

俄罗斯派对

俄罗斯来的澳丽莎周六邀请我们参加她在她家开的的派对，说实在话，我不是很熟悉俄罗斯文化和食物，虽说俄罗斯和北部的中国是近邻，历史或政治上也很多‘关系’，但俄罗斯对在南方长大的我，实在太遥远太陌生了。 但我十分高兴认识澳丽莎，她让我认识了很多俄罗斯文化和食物。她说她早上6点和她老友安娜就起来准备食物。派对食物看起来十分专业及好吃。

过了一会，几瓶红酒和伏特加之后，大家纷纷跳舞，开始变得疯狂 － 不知道是酒精的效应还是这就是俄罗斯的文化，虽然他们有时候看起来十分强壮和严肃，但和他们认识之后，才发掘其实他们内心很温暖及热情。我在澳丽莎身上学到俄罗斯文化的一点就是他们的严禁纪律性和一切都要整齐完美，不能有瑕疵。当然也可能有很多不同的例子。我们12点先走人，她们不让我们走，老亲亲抱抱我们说不要走，他们继续派对到4点。我十分享受这个特别的‘俄罗斯派对’，对我来说，又体验了一个不同国籍的文化是一件极开心和特别的体验。这里有些照片和大家分享。

I have been searching some new music recently, and thanks for my friend Syrinx introduced Mew. Mew is a band from Denmark, established in 1995 with a musical style that is best described as a combination of indie rock and progressive rock (with shoegaze and dream pop influences). I have been listening their music these week and I like their album a lot, and highly recommend to you if you like indie rock.

Best albums: And The Glass Handed Kites and Frengers
Best songs:

You can hear their songs in last.fm here for free or visit their myspace.

最近在找有没有新歌或新专辑刺激下神经，要感谢广州的朋友Syrinx，一个很小就打从心底喜欢英文摇滚！她介绍给我去听Mew的其中一首歌。Mew是95年就成立的丹麦摇滚乐队，他们的音乐类型是indie摇滚加上电子摇滚。这个星期都在听他们的专辑。最喜欢的是我放在封面的2张专辑，里面的歌曲十分喜欢。喜欢indie rock的朋友们，我极力推荐哦。 上面是6首我的最爱也是比听的哦！你们可以上last.fm免费听他们的歌曲，或是去他们的空间 听！

Today it’s my 27 years birthday but also is my first birthday in the UK. I am very grateful that I have met a lot of good friends as well as having such a good time together during the school term. Last night, we went to celebrate our tri – birthdays for Elieen from Korean, John and me who were all born in March with Miwa and Vicky. John found a French restaurant called Savoir Faire in Holborn, and it has been recommended as the top-table in 2008 with 5 stars reviews.

The restaurant was very cosy, French style with oil-panting on the wall. Only flaw was the music! The price was affordable and the food was absolutely tasty, just like their name – Savoir Faire in French means someone knows the trick.

We ordered some wine, starters, main courses and desserts. I ordered a slowed-braised lamp and it was a super huge lamb leg with mush-potato, which it could feed two people and I ate them all! Others ordered the popular dish – Duck, and John ordered a fish dish. After the meal, we all stuffed and left with a big satisfaction. Friends and I had a fantastic time with delicious food. London is the city you can think of any food from different nationalities, and never could try them all.

I have received many birthday cards and wishes from friends and families. John bought me the ticket to see Keane with Ladyhawke Concert on 30th of May. I have bought myself many clothes to spoil myself. Moreover, John cooked a delicious fish with roasting huge mushroom with cheese tonight, along with beer and chocolate pudding!

I had a really happy birthday and wish to share my happiness with you. Here some pictures to share with you.

今天是我27岁的生日，同时也是我在英国的第一个生日。幸运的我在短短的半年中认识很多好朋友，也和他们度过了很多校园美好的时光！昨晚我们为了庆祝韩国美女Elieen，约翰和我三人都是3月份生日，一起和日本好友美和和香港老友Vicky一起五人读过。约翰选了个法国餐厅，听说这个餐厅10年历史，评价很高，很多杂志和评论都说食物超级棒，厨师有5星级的水平，这一定要尝试下。

餐厅十分法国味道，2层楼，墙壁是手工的大幅油画，唯一不足的是音乐 – 配合不了餐厅的味道。价钱中高，但食物超级美味！ 就像餐厅的名字在法文的意思是 – 它知道秘诀 (他们能做出拿手好菜！)我们叫了红酒，开胃菜，主菜和甜点 – 我选了漫炖了5个小时的羊腿和土豆泥，羊腿够2-3个人的分量，我自己一人独吃掉！其他朋友选了最出名的鸭胸，程度刚刚好，约翰点了鲈鱼，他说超级好吃！然后再甜点！天啊，我们把碟子都吃得一干二净，5个人吃到超级饱，决定去伦敦眼周边走半个小时消化下，大家对餐厅的评价特别高，食物超级物有所值！

太爱伦敦的理由就是你可以吃到全球各地特别好吃的食物，因伦敦多元化很多国际人都在这里生活，餐厅的选择更是超级多，你要你想到的，都可以找到，品种太多了！

约翰送给我Keane的5月底VIP伦敦演唱会门票和一双西班牙出的运动鞋，我看了很久，就是太贵不拾得买，他买了给我。我当天在自己买了几条裙子，哈哈！我们今晚喝些啤酒，烤大蘑菇加芝士在上面，烤鱼和甜点是巧克力布丁，浓浓的巧克力从布丁里面流出来，超级棒！

很多朋友都在facebook和留言给我，谢谢你们的祝福，我度过一个十分开心幸福的27岁生日！照片很快再传上来给大家分享！这是一些最新照片