How can I make the annual leave the same time as Urecca?

May 31st, 2006   Filed under English entries, Travel, Work

@ 2006-05-31 15:29

Both Urecca and I love traveling. And both of us have annual leave but we can’t make it the same time.

This morning I got to office late at 1030, opened my mailbox finding boss’ reminder, warning me not to arrive at office late than 1000 if I have not reasonable reasons. I replied him “sorry, I waked up too late this morning”. As far as I know the company is applying a flexible working hour and I think since I have no task at hand I have no need to show up at office early as usual. But it seems the boss doesn’t like the staff be loafing and receive the salary without doing any work. So, after the launch, boss sent out an email calling team members to arrange annual leaves as we have few work to do currently and let us save strength for the peak season.

I don’ t suspect his motive, maybe he is just for our own goods, we may have no chance to leave when peak season comes. But the trouble thing is that How can I make the annual leave the same time as Urecca? Quite tricky.

P.S. I only have miserable 10 days annual leave plus 3 day sick leave.

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The Luoyang Trip – III

May 23rd, 2006   Filed under English entries, Travel

@ 2006-05-23 17:24

Out of the city – Song Mountain and Shaolinsi Temple

Why we chose Luoyang to come? ‘Cause it has Song Mountain, Shaolinsi Temple and Longmen Grottoes nearby.

After a whole day launging about the town and a big meal in the night plus a sound sleep, we recovered when got up the next morning. Our second day’s task was to visit Song Mountain and Shaolinsi Temple.

Many people go to Shaolinsi from Zhengzhou, but the distance from the temple to Luoyang is de facto no longer than to Zhengzhou and the traffic to there is very convenient. We went to the railway station square and took a coach heading for Xuchang and got off midway at Shangqiu from where we then hoped a taxi to Sanhuangzhai (三黄寨), back door of Shaolinsi. Song Mountain is not refer to any specific peak or hill, it’s a common of the peaks and hills of a district. There’re two routes to follow to visit Shaolinsi (which is located at the foot of Song Mountain). If you admire the magic power of nature, then you should start the journey from Sanhuangzhai and then follow your way to Shaolinsi. Sanhuangzhai is characterized by a world of varied geological structure. Mountains are in the shapes that you’ve never imagined. Some are squeezed like books, some are… I just can’t describe them, just too miraculous. Also, if you prefer human landscape you can walk a way reversed that is first visit the Shaolinsi at the foot and then climb the way to Sanhuangzhai. But in this case, you have very likely been exhausted when you arrive at the magnificent Sanhuangzhai. I like nature beauty so I choose the first route. Though it was golden holiday, the people at Sanhuangzhai were much fewer than we have expected and I think the traffic here can be called normal. But when we got to Shaolinsi, it’s a different scene. It’s just like too much dumplings in a pot! And I think the third reason I recommend you to start from Sanhuangzhai is because the heavy traffic at the Shaolinsi.

Song Mountain

Burning Incense in Shaolinsi Temple

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The Luoyang Trip – II

May 19th, 2006   Filed under English entries, Travel

@ 2006-05-19 16:31

In the city – The old street

Though it’s not a very successful try of local food, we got the energy needed to carry on sighting in the ancient city. Since this is a city with long history, the best place to know about the history of the city is to pay the inner city (old district) a visit. In Beijing, hutong is just a right place and in Luoyang we found the Laocheng District (means old district) is the counterpart. And the Xida Street (West Broad Road) may be the representative of the old district. So we took a tricycle and headed there.

The entrance of the Xida Str. is a magnificent city gate called Lijing Gate. A lion’s head is hung up the gate like a guard of a city. In the gate, it’s a prosperous archaic business street. Shops are open cheek by chaw along both the sides and in each of the shop gate there’s flag reads the name of the business. Restraunts, dress shops, groceries and hardware store. The streets gave me a view of a prosperous street in ancient Luoyang when it was a capital. But I feel the street is more for the local people rather than the visitors, I should say, for there’s no business are specially for the visitors but for the needs of daily life. You even can see kids playing on the street.

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What motivates me to keep blogging in English?

May 18th, 2006   Filed under Blog on blog, English entries

@ 2006-05-18 17:17

Yesterday, I received a comment from Manson asking What motivates me to keep blogging in English. I’m happy to answer Manson’s wonder. Below is his message and below the message is my answer.

I am so impressed by the endeavor you have devoted in your blog, I spent hours reading your writing and stories. Maybe because similarity attracts, I just couldn’t stop reading while I still have my dessertation to complete.

Having holidays are so good, and I’ve been wondering how is your ‘new’ marketing research job going since last year you left your HR role. I also left my previous job for I couldn’t bear it any more.

I am also very impressed by your determination in writing your blog in English. This is not easy, is it because “there is a will, there is a way”? I couldn’t do this, and I always admire and respect people like you that could and can do it. May I ask what motivates or motivated you to keep you writing in English?

What makes me insist? Well, the first I want to say is that I’m as lazy as the laziest man in the world. When I get up every morning, I don’t make the beds. I will drag on as long as I can to escape from washing the bowls after a meal. But why I can stick to posting regularity in English? Well, the answer is you, the readers as you who I have encouraged me.

When I was lazy or tired, the encouraging words of you make me revived and push me to sit up writing. I feel good whenever there’s someone familiar or strange leaves a message here. I feel rewarding to sow my opinion and reap attention here. I want to make my voice be heard by the others, it, in some way, prove the existence of me.

And another important thing that can answer why keep blogging is obligation. I think to keep blogging is de facto my obligation to my readers. I know some friends keep dropping by hoping to see some news of or from me. I don’t want to upset them. I think this also an quite important motivation behind my work.

The third and the original purpose why I blog in English is that I want to enhance my English through. But now its importance has been deemphasized. The enhancement of my English is only a by-product when I gladly communicate with other bloggers or friends here.

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The Luoyang Trip

May 17th, 2006   Filed under English entries, Travel

@ 2006-05-17 17:44

Having been back from holiday for couple of days, but always felt tired when I want to begin with a blog for my May holiday trip. Now, I end up my laziness here begin to writhe an article about my trip.

We arrived at Luoyang late in the morning at 10 o’clock after sitting on the narrow sit for 18 hrs. When came out of the station, the first thing we did was going to the ticket office to check if there were any ticket left for our journey back. I got one back to Shanghai but Urecca failed to get a ticket to Jinan. We can’t do anything but to try our fortune latter, for it was Golden May holiday. So, directly, we hopped a taxi to the hotel. There’s proverb means hit one when one is down, the business man carried out the proverb perfectly. The price of a standard room hiked to 350 from 190 at the peak season. Anyway, we had to check in, because we have heard the taxi driver depicted the shortage of rooms here.

In Luoyang – The Snacks

We started off at noon after a shower to alleviate the weariness. We had discussed and decided to stay in the city the first day to recover before we went to Shaolinsi Temple and Longmen Grottoes. But the biggest thing is to appease our hunger with some little delicious local snacks. So we jump into a bus and headed to the downtown, hoping to get ourselves jammed and pay a visit to the old streets in passing. Living in a capital of nine dynasties of ancient China, people here haven’t forget the honor. In many names of places and streets here, we can feel the memory honor and the aspiration of the recovery of ancient majesty. There are Emperor Highway and Emperor Square here. We got off at Emperor Square. The square to Luoyang is just like People’s Square to Shanghai, a downtown landmark. We bought a map and did our lunch at a busy alley near the bus station. We had Chinese Hamburg (Rou Jia Mo), local noodle (Hutu Mian). The snack was not that delicious as I had estimated, the “Hamburg” is too salty and the noodle tasted strange, a little acid. But, It didn’t matter, for we still have 3 days to discover the delicious.


Seems delicious, and we decided to have a try.


She was making Chinese Humberg


A big pile of fried dumpling. Sense of North people.


Hutu Mian.

To be continued.

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