End of June

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It’s end of June. I have been working hard in the job and it seems that life stuck into the routine when you have jobs. The jobs are very challenging and you never know what will happen for a day, it might so busy or quite – it always makes your heart jump! Friends were back to their countries but I miss them.

The great news of this year is that John works for WordPress – ( is a free and open source blog publishing application and Content Management System) as a software engineer and working something creative and challenge. Besides, my website is using WordPress anyway, so I treated him a big dinner and celebrated with him.

Last weekend we travelled to Sheffield to visit John’s family and had a good time. Recently my health is invading by virus and I have been suffering a lot. I hope it went away soon so that I can enjoy the summer!

六月末

不知不觉就到了6月末,一直努力的工作着,工作就象打仗,你永远不知道今天的挑战是什么。朋友们回他们国家了,蛮想念和他们一起呼哈的日子。约翰给美国三藩市一家最大的网络公司 WordPress 高薪聘请去当程序工程师,(中国阻止了wordpress 网站,所以大家打不开的)一年3次去三藩市开会的机会,我要去!我为他感到骄傲和高兴,好像和一个名人约会一样。这是他梦想的工作,感觉我们一步步的为生活努力着,一年年总有惊喜发现,有低谷的时候,又有高峰开心的日子,这就是生活。

上周回英国北部谢菲尔看约翰家人,一起度过快乐的周末。希望身体健康和好好享受这个夏天!

A new Job and a different life

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After all the exams finished, I had been trying to find a part-time job during this summer holiday. It was quite hard and I guess there are many competitions in London. Over few days out for hunting jobs, and submitted over 100 copies of resumes, luckily, I had several  interviews, however, employers were keen to have full-time employees rather then part-time.

However, today it was my happiest day. After 3 interviews, one was offering me on the spot, and another one called me back today and said I was hired out of 3 competitors. Moreover, I went to school to pick up my final transcript, and I was nominated by the tutor that I was the best student in the class, and received 25 pounds for buying book. I was so thrilled in a day, and I felt that my hard working finally rewarded it.

I will work hard and meet more new people. At the first time, I felt like I am part of this country rather than being a student or a visitor. Everyone was so happy for me and me too. Life is not easy, but I will find a way to fight for it and enjoy it.

一份新工作,一份不同经历

自从5月底所有考试结束后,2个星期都在不断努力为这个夏天找兼职。一切都不容易啊,虽然伦敦遍地是机会,但因为大家都知道,所以更多的竞争着来自世界各地,加上欧洲国家的人都纷纷来伦敦工作。简历都投递了超过100份,也有了几份面试的机会,但他们大多要求一年4季长期工作,而不止是兼职。

但今天是我的最幸运的一天,昨天有3份面试哦,时间都安排的蛮紧的,第1份说很喜欢我,但他们希望我能全职,第2份工作在面试就说马上请我,周一上班,第3份工作今天打电话说请我,(面试时候见过3个和我竞争的对手,显然我打败她们)我十分开心,当然我选择个最合适我的。惊奇的另一件事是,今天去学校拿最后的成绩单,不但我考得蛮不错的成绩,一打开信封,教授提名我最佳的学生,奖励我25英镑买书卷呢。哦,天啊,又找到兼职,又有奖励,我的心甜过蜜糖呢!整天都超级开心,真的很想大喊几声,谢谢自己一年来这么努力,很辛苦很辛苦的付出才拿到好成绩的!来之不易啊!大家别看我吃吃玩玩的多,辛苦的时候超级辛苦,压力十分大,只是没有和大家说而已。不过我十分满意我这1年来的付出和努力!常言道,生命短暂,辛苦时候还是要努力享受生活的。

我会好好努力工作,同时也认识多点新朋友。第一次感觉到自己不只是这个城市的游客或过客,而是真正的生活在伦敦!谢谢大家的支持和鼓励哦,让我们为生活继续努力吧!

Keane’s Concert in Shepherd Bush

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John bought Keane‘s tickets for my birthday gift in March, and finally this is the night. We went there at 6 pm, and there were already many people queueing, and luckily we got the great seats to see them very clear. Surprisingly, there were many middle-age fans to see Keane as well.

The show was to celebrate 50th birthday of the Island Record Company. The island members took all the fans pictures and said it will post it their website, can’t wait to see myself in there. The show was started at 7 pm, and the warming brand was Ladyhawke, she sang about 8 songs, and she performed well, however, the microphone could be louder because audiences could not hear her voice clearly.

When Keane came out, the whole stadium was crazy with a lot of applause. Keane sang about many songs from first album Hopes and Fears including ‘everybody is changing’, ‘ We might as well be stranger’ , and ‘somewhere we only know’; then ‘crystal ball and ‘nothing in my way’; then many songs from third album as well including ‘again and again’,’perfect symmetry’ and ‘spiralling’…

Tom’s voice was absolute amazing and with his professional performance. He talked to audiences, even shook hands with audiences, and asked audiences to sing with him as loud as they could, (to be honest, every audiences could easy burst out everyone song from Keane). The background lights, the band performance and the atmosphere was stunning. It felt likes that Keane music was melting with audiences voices, and everyone was so indulging into their music and lost themselves.

Their music was so perfect and ‘ I lost my heart, I buried it too deep into the under the iron sea’. It was a remarkable concert and I wish they will continuously create great music.

I recorded one song on the spot only for one of Keane’s best fans from GZ – Syrinx Ye.

约翰在我3月份生日时候送给我Keane演唱会的门票,终于等到今晚的到来。早早6点就去排队,已经一条长龙,蛮多中年岁数的歌迷呢,幸好我们早去,找到2个正中不错的位子。

这个演唱会是为了庆祝 island 唱片公司50岁的生日而搞的,工作人员给歌迷各个都照了相做纪念,我也照了张,不知道去哪里看呢?7点就正式开场,第一嘉宾是ladyhawke,约翰蛮喜欢的新西兰女歌手,她长了8首主打歌,歌曲还不错,可惜麦克风不够大声,听不是很清楚她的声音。

当Keane出场时候,掌声雷雷,歌迷超级疯狂的叫喊。Keane唱了很多第一张成名著 Hope and Fear,每一首歌迷都跟着一起唱,然后唱了2首第2张专集under iron sea,唱得最多的是第3张专集,场面十分感人,歌迷的声音做为背景,和 Keane的声音融合在一起。

主唱的Tom的声音真的很棒,歌喉和歌底很好,加上他十分卖力和专业表演,和让大家感受到他对音乐的那种激情,从他的歌词和歌曲中流露出来。看得出他对歌迷很好,在场常和歌迷交流,惊奇的是,居然还跳下场和歌迷握手。现场的表演,灯光,气氛真的太完美了。当然我也和其他歌迷一样一起和Keane 合唱,虽然不算是他们的疯狂歌迷,但十分喜欢他们的所有的专集。

当场的气氛就象忘掉自我,沉溺在Keane的音乐中,就象歌词中 ’ 我的心遗失了,把它深深的埋在铁海中,埋在音乐的铁海中’…这场演唱会是我见过Muse之后最棒的一场show。希望他们继续创造好音乐给大家。

我录下下了一段片断献给最爱 Keane 的广州歌迷 - 叶嘉雯!

Summer time

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I do enjoy the sunny day and hot temperature in London, and it is hot, but as humid as China. I asked friends to come to my house and made some cakes together before they fly back to HK and Japan. We bought so many ingredients and made the pumpkin pie and chocolate trifle cake.

Vicky and Miwa enjoyed making cakes and we had so much fun, even though Vicky had some flower everywhere, and Miwa dropped an egg on the floor, it’s part of the fun and experience with friends. After 2 hours hard work, we ordered Papajohn’s pizza and watched some girl’s movie – He is not in too you. Then drinking and chatting until 1 am.

I enjoy the quality time with friends here in Summer day, cool breeze, hot sun, summer clothes, cool beer, good food and good accompany, then what a happy weekend. Here are some of our latest pictures.

I have been working hard to find a part-time job, had 2 interviews yesterday, but we will see the  results and I have work harder hunting on Monday. Tonight we will see Keane and Ladyhawke’s concert in Shepherd  Bush, I am so looking forward to seeing them.

一个休闲的夏天

喜欢伦敦夏天的阳光,大大的太阳,感觉很热但风是凉爽的。虽然热,但不至于流汗,不过市中心因人多,汽车多,所以就超热,但没有广州那么潮湿,干爽天气。下周大家都快回各自的国家了,所以我叫泳棋和美和,来我家齐齐动手做蛋糕和派,我们买和超级多材料,做我们之前做过的南瓜派和巧克力莫丝。

泳棋和美和一起搓面粉啊,切南瓜,虽然他们都是第一次亲自烤蛋糕,泳棋把厨房搞得到处是面粉,美和把蛋掉到地上,这些都是开心的片刻,和他们一起享受生活美食的经历。经过2个小时的辛苦准备,终于完成了我们的派和巧克力蛋糕,然后我们叫了papajohn的pizza,一起看电影,甜点就是我们的派和蛋糕拉。

我十分享受夏天的凉风,热太阳,夏天的短裤,好朋友一起吃喝一起笑,轻松的夏天周末就这样过!这里是我们的最新照片

我在努力找兼职呢,昨天有2份面试,不知道成不成功,英国兼职很难找啊,很多欧洲人来竞争,加上金融风暴,好在伦敦到处都是机会,周一再接再厉。今晚去听Keane 和 Ladyhawke的演唱会,约翰喜欢ladyhawke,等待疯狂的激情的夜晚终于来了。

Farewell Party

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Times flies, it is time to say goodbye. I organised our farewell party last night, and also invited our business teacher to join us.  Acnius from Brazil and Ayuba from Nigeria were our music DJ. I am so happy to meet and also being friends with so many international students over this year, to share culture and  life experience. Everyone had a good time in the party and it is time to move on to the new life.

I will miss all the friends and positive some of them will keep in touch in the future. I do enjoy every single moment in London. The next step is trying my hardest to find a part-time job, wish me luck!

时间过得很快,一眨眼就一年了,是和同学说再见的时候。我和巴西朋友组织了告别聚会,也邀请和经济管理老师一起和我们同欢。巴西Acnius同学做我们的DJ,大家都喝很多酒和放纵跳舞,学生的年代真是无忧无虑啊,可惜我没有他们那么无虑,肩膀很多责任呢!这一年认识很多国际友人,他们都十分聪明和能干,将来是很有前途的,十分高兴和他们一起学习一起分享不同文化,一起成长!

我相信我会十分想念他们的,很多以后也会经常联系。享受着伦敦每一天的生活点滴,认识不同的朋友,为自己想要的生活而奔波,这就是生活。接下来的任务是努力找到一分兼职,请赐给我好运!

Korean Food hosted by Eileen

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One of my best friends in London Eileen (Jiyong) from Seoul has invited us to her place in Wimbledon, and made some Korean food for us and we also explored around Wimbledon area. It was a fun day to eat good food with friends and knew more about Korean culture. Eileen is a very independent and cool girl and I appreciate her personality a lot.

After we stuff with too much food, we had a walk to the Wimbledon Park for almost 2 hours. The park was well-maintained and  many young families were enjoying their afternoon with their babies.  There are many independent fashion shops, food stores, cafes and restaurants. Overall, Wimbledon is a nice place to live and it is only in Zone 3.

Over a year in London, I am very glad that I found some of the close friends to share experiences. Life is not easy to go through without friends. Thanks all the friends in my life to keep my alive and accompanied.

韩国好朋友 Eileen (Jiyong)邀请我们去她家吃韩国菜,她住在温布顿,离市中心1个小时。她从早上9点就起来准备,弄了很多好吃的给我们,还给我些打包呢,真贴心!昨天过得真的开心,大家一起动手帮忙,然后吃吃喝喝聊天,是最开心的事!Eileen是个十分独立有个性的女孩,我很欣赏她的性格。

大家吃了太饱了,决定走去温布顿公园,一走就走2个小时。蛮喜欢温布顿的区域的,很多富有中产阶级的家庭住在那里,很多时尚的个性店,新鲜蔬菜店,餐厅和cafe,是一个住行都蛮方便的地方,公园又不远,离伦敦市区大概1小时的车程,不错的地点。

在伦敦快1年了,快乐的时间过太快了,但很开心认识蛮多好朋友的。大家来自世界各地,从认识到成为好朋友,难得大家性格的都相近而又成熟,可以一起能分享生活的点滴,真蛮难得。 生活假如没有好朋友陪同,真难过!谢谢朋友们和我一起走过的日子。

Pingpong Dimsum Review

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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

Time Flies

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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

A Romantic Spring – Cherry Blossom

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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

Ingrid Michaelson

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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:

  • Girls and Boys
  • Be OK
  • Slow the Rain
  • 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!