Life In a Drip

Life In a Driphttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/en-UShourly82000-01-01T12:00+00:00Life In a Driphttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/46/d269bb7fb7557ff61c660efb238157_160x200.jpgI'm backhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2009/02/13/i-m-back-5567270/2009-02-13T16:16:44+01:00 <p>I wasn't able to log on my blog for a year.<br>The site has been blocked in China.<br>Today I accidentally find that I have access to it. <img src="http://www.blog.co.uk/image/smileys/091surprised.gif" alt=""> Exciting!<br>Miss you, my friends~~</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2009/02/13/i-m-back-5567270/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>I wasn't able to log on my blog for a year.
The site has been blocked in China.
Today I accidentally find that I have access to it.

Exciting!
Miss you, my friends~~

]]>To Gohttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/09/10/to_go~2954538/2007-09-10T09:26:35+02:00 <p>Tomorrow I will be on the train to Shanghai,starting a brand-new life.I haven't got well-prepared,not only materially,but mentally.I don't know what is waiting for me and what my decision will lead to.However,since I have made up my mind,I should go,no matter how twist and tough the way may be.Curiosity,excitement,anxiety permeated through my mind,totally mixing up into a complex feeling,with which I will go to the city I love,to the school I have been dreaming of.<br> God bless me! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/09/10/to_go~2954538/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Tomorrow I will be on the train to Shanghai,starting a brand-new life.I haven't got well-prepared,not only materially,but mentally.I don't know what is waiting for me and what my decision will lead to.However,since I have made up my mind,I should go,no matter how twist and tough the way may be.Curiosity,excitement,anxiety permeated through my mind,totally mixing up into a complex feeling,with which I will go to the city I love,to the school I have been dreaming of.
God bless me!

]]>A song---Shehttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/28/a_song_she~2881483/2007-08-28T02:41:26+02:00 <p>she hangs out every day near by the beach<br> havin’ a heineken fallin’ asleep<br> she looks so sexy when she’s walking the sand<br> nobody ever put a ring on her hand<br> swim to the oceanshore fish in the sea<br> she is the story the story is she<br> she sings to the moon and the stars in the sky<br> shining from high above you shouldn’t ask why<br> she is the one that you never forget<br> she is the heaven-sent angel you met<br> oh, she must be the reason why god made a girl<br> she is so pretty all over the world<br> she puts the rhythm, the beat in the drum<br> she comes in the morning and the evening she’s gone<br> every little hour every second you live<br> trust in eternity that’s what she gives<br> she looks like marilyn, walks like suzanne<br> she talks like monica and marianne<br> she wins in everything that she might do<br> and she will respect you forever just you<br> she is the one that you never forget<br> she is the heaven-sent angel you met<br> oh, she must be the reason why god made a girl<br> she is so pretty all over the world<br> she is so pretty all over the world<br> she is so pretty<br> she is like you and me<br> like them like we<br> she is in you and me<br> she is the one that you never forget<br> she is the heaven-sent angel you met<br> oh, she must be the reason why god made a girl<br> she is so pretty all over the world<br> (she is the one) she is the one<br> (that you never forget) that you never forget<br> she is the heaven-sent angel you met<br> she’s the reason (oh she must be the reason) why god made a girl<br> she is so pretty all over the world (oh...)<br> na na na na ..... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/28/a_song_she~2881483/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>she hangs out every day near by the beach
havin’ a heineken fallin’ asleep
she looks so sexy when she’s walking the sand
nobody ever put a ring on her hand
swim to the oceanshore fish in the sea
she is the story the story is she
she sings to the moon and the stars in the sky
shining from high above you shouldn’t ask why
she is the one that you never forget
she is the heaven-sent angel you met
oh, she must be the reason why god made a girl
she is so pretty all over the world
she puts the rhythm, the beat in the drum
she comes in the morning and the evening she’s gone
every little hour every second you live
trust in eternity that’s what she gives
she looks like marilyn, walks like suzanne
she talks like monica and marianne
she wins in everything that she might do
and she will respect you forever just you
she is the one that you never forget
she is the heaven-sent angel you met
oh, she must be the reason why god made a girl
she is so pretty all over the world
she is so pretty all over the world
she is so pretty
she is like you and me
like them like we
she is in you and me
she is the one that you never forget
she is the heaven-sent angel you met
oh, she must be the reason why god made a girl
she is so pretty all over the world
(she is the one) she is the one
(that you never forget) that you never forget
she is the heaven-sent angel you met
she’s the reason (oh she must be the reason) why god made a girl
she is so pretty all over the world (oh...)
na na na na .....

]]>Familiar Strangerhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/23/familiar_stranger~2857175/2007-08-23T14:57:17+02:00 <p>We may look at the world around us,but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever it is we've become accustomed to suddenly disappears.Take,for instance,the girl I used to see--or look at--on my way back home from school when I was in high school.<br> Most of the time after evening classes,I went home on a bicycle.On the way I always saw her,sometimes riding in front of me,sometimes behind.She had long hair and was always riding with a green backpack.<br> Of course,I remembered all this only after she vanished.It was then I realized how much I counted on seeing her every day.<br> So I learned that a significant part of our daily life consists of such encounters with familiar strangers:The twin brothers you see at school,the aunt selling battercakes by the road every morning,the uncle repairing bicycles near the school...<br> Such people are important markers in the landscape of our lives.They add weight to our sense of place and belonging.<br> Sometimes,I wonder,am I a familiar stranger to someone?<br> Perhaps a student at the school supermarket sees me there every morning without really noting my presence.Or maybe someone at the computer bar where I used to go to would notice if I stopped showing up.<br> These days I usually have a walk with mom after supper.And each time on our way we will see an old man walking a cute dog by the road.We didn't talk until one day mom said hello to him.That day,we talked about the dog's name,age and something about pets.So after that day,we gave a warm smile to him each time we saw him,and simultaneously,received one.<br> The friendliness makes me feel warm and excited.And that is what familiar strangers give us. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/23/familiar_stranger~2857175/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>We may look at the world around us,but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever it is we've become accustomed to suddenly disappears.Take,for instance,the girl I used to see--or look at--on my way back home from school when I was in high school.
Most of the time after evening classes,I went home on a bicycle.On the way I always saw her,sometimes riding in front of me,sometimes behind.She had long hair and was always riding with a green backpack.
Of course,I remembered all this only after she vanished.It was then I realized how much I counted on seeing her every day.
So I learned that a significant part of our daily life consists of such encounters with familiar strangers:The twin brothers you see at school,the aunt selling battercakes by the road every morning,the uncle repairing bicycles near the school...
Such people are important markers in the landscape of our lives.They add weight to our sense of place and belonging.
Sometimes,I wonder,am I a familiar stranger to someone?
Perhaps a student at the school supermarket sees me there every morning without really noting my presence.Or maybe someone at the computer bar where I used to go to would notice if I stopped showing up.
These days I usually have a walk with mom after supper.And each time on our way we will see an old man walking a cute dog by the road.We didn't talk until one day mom said hello to him.That day,we talked about the dog's name,age and something about pets.So after that day,we gave a warm smile to him each time we saw him,and simultaneously,received one.
The friendliness makes me feel warm and excited.And that is what familiar strangers give us.

]]>Be Optimistichttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/14/be_optimistic~2805945/2007-08-14T11:44:32+02:00 <p>Life will be very dull if it is alternated between work and sleep."<em>Get up at six,work till eleven in the morning,have lunch,go on working till five in the afternoon,have supper,watch TV,then go to sleep</em>..."Maybe this is many people's daily routine.If this is indeed the fact,the enthusiasm of people will dissipate and finally drain.Actually every single day in our life is unique.We all have time fragments,during which we may do things that we are interested in.Sometimes a special thing happens,it may leaves an eternal instantaneousness in our life.Thus our life becomes exceeding meaningful and interesting.<br> So don't be pessimistic.Don't resent life.Don't be so vulnerable at commiting a blunder."<em>Each time you look at the mirror,you will see your best friend and most formidable antagonist.</em>"<br> This is quite true.The biggest difficulty for someone is to conquer himself.Life is what you treat it as.So never be indignant at life,disperse your surplus indignation and enjoy life to the fullest.<br> Life needs both calmness and turbulence.Let's remember Maxim gorki's famous words,<br> <strong>Let the storm come more violent!</strong> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/14/be_optimistic~2805945/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Life will be very dull if it is alternated between work and sleep."Get up at six,work till eleven in the morning,have lunch,go on working till five in the afternoon,have supper,watch TV,then go to sleep..."Maybe this is many people's daily routine.If this is indeed the fact,the enthusiasm of people will dissipate and finally drain.Actually every single day in our life is unique.We all have time fragments,during which we may do things that we are interested in.Sometimes a special thing happens,it may leaves an eternal instantaneousness in our life.Thus our life becomes exceeding meaningful and interesting.
So don't be pessimistic.Don't resent life.Don't be so vulnerable at commiting a blunder."Each time you look at the mirror,you will see your best friend and most formidable antagonist."
This is quite true.The biggest difficulty for someone is to conquer himself.Life is what you treat it as.So never be indignant at life,disperse your surplus indignation and enjoy life to the fullest.
Life needs both calmness and turbulence.Let's remember Maxim gorki's famous words,
Let the storm come more violent!

]]>Annoyancehttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/13/annoyance~2801194/2007-08-13T15:14:10+02:00 <p>Wow!Today I underwent great hardship in solving a tissue of intricate math problems.I'm completely beaten by those profound theories.I don't think I'm in weak apprehension of maths,but...<img src="/img/smilies/graysigh.gif" alt=":**:" class="middle" border="0"><br> I have a dim memory of the things I learnt past.And I can't see the different facets of the problems...<br> And,grant me permission to complain...My intuition tells me that the book I'm reading is terrible.If the premise is established,the conclusions are easily deducible.But the book only shows the premise is a eternal truth,and gives no further explanation.Oh,my god!Maybe I have to refer to other subsidiary books.<br> My friends encouraged me to go on.I know that failure is the threshold of success.But nothing can be a incentive to make me go on working today!My mind has been permeated by math problems all day!I need a rest.<br> Tomorrow will be better... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/13/annoyance~2801194/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Wow!Today I underwent great hardship in solving a tissue of intricate math problems.I'm completely beaten by those profound theories.I don't think I'm in weak apprehension of maths,but... :**:

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I have a dim memory of the things I learnt past.And I can't see the different facets of the problems...
And,grant me permission to complain...My intuition tells me that the book I'm reading is terrible.If the premise is established,the conclusions are easily deducible.But the book only shows the premise is a eternal truth,and gives no further explanation.Oh,my god!Maybe I have to refer to other subsidiary books.
My friends encouraged me to go on.I know that failure is the threshold of success.But nothing can be a incentive to make me go on working today!My mind has been permeated by math problems all day!I need a rest.
Tomorrow will be better...

]]>The Vegetable Marthttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/12/the_vegetable_mart~2794673/2007-08-12T10:25:04+02:00 <p>There is a open-air vegetable mart not far from the building I live in.It supplies vegetables of all kinds.The vegetables are stored in warehouses.Most of the sellers are farmers.They come to the mart to sell vegetables grown by themselves.The mart is rather busy every day.<br> The mart has brought us convenience,however,it has brought us trouble at the meantime.Because of deficiency of management,the mart is always in a mess.Bad vegetable leaves and moldy fruits are thrown everywhere.What's worse,the wastes are heaped and burnt in a place not far from the mart.Sometimes the wind even brings the nasty smoke to my house(I live in the fifth floor)!How terrible and extravagant it is!<br> When thinking about this,I think there is subtle distinction between the mart and a dump.Alteration of the mart is of utmost importance and it is a contradiction to appeal for environment-protection while neglecting the mart.Nobody before initiated solving the tangle,so I summoned up my courage to call the Environmental Protection Bureau for help.The officials said that it was necessay to execute a revision immediately and they would dedicate in solving the problem.<br> I called the Environmental Protection Bureau the day before yesterday,but nothing has changed.Today the wastes are still being burnt.I think the officials are capable of solving the problem,and I hope they will take actions as soon as possible. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/12/the_vegetable_mart~2794673/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>There is a open-air vegetable mart not far from the building I live in.It supplies vegetables of all kinds.The vegetables are stored in warehouses.Most of the sellers are farmers.They come to the mart to sell vegetables grown by themselves.The mart is rather busy every day.
The mart has brought us convenience,however,it has brought us trouble at the meantime.Because of deficiency of management,the mart is always in a mess.Bad vegetable leaves and moldy fruits are thrown everywhere.What's worse,the wastes are heaped and burnt in a place not far from the mart.Sometimes the wind even brings the nasty smoke to my house(I live in the fifth floor)!How terrible and extravagant it is!
When thinking about this,I think there is subtle distinction between the mart and a dump.Alteration of the mart is of utmost importance and it is a contradiction to appeal for environment-protection while neglecting the mart.Nobody before initiated solving the tangle,so I summoned up my courage to call the Environmental Protection Bureau for help.The officials said that it was necessay to execute a revision immediately and they would dedicate in solving the problem.
I called the Environmental Protection Bureau the day before yesterday,but nothing has changed.Today the wastes are still being burnt.I think the officials are capable of solving the problem,and I hope they will take actions as soon as possible.

]]>Trivialismhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/11/trivialism~2791051/2007-08-11T13:40:20+02:00 <p>Playing computer games is my favorite pastime.As a consequence,my eyes become nearsighted.So I used to wear a pair of spectacles on my nose.I'm inclined to believe that it is rather difficult to retain one's eyesight.Many of my acquaintances are also nearsighted.Although I haved heard that scientist has made an spectacular achievement that can cure myopia,I don't want to do the painful operation.An symposium on eye-protection is held every year,aiming to evoke people of the significance of protecting our eyes.It is a solemn topic but most people are not aware of it until their eyes become nearsighted.Sometimes miniature conventions of this kind are also held in school to illustrate the importance of using our eyes correctly.When applying for jobs of some particular areas,people who are nearsighted will be extinguished by others whose eyes are sharp.<br> We shouldn't focus our eyes on an object for a long time.Diverting our focus periodically is necessary.Maybe everyone knows how to protect eyes,however,the multitude of us are not always conscious of it.<br> PS:These days I'm at a loss that my eyesight has become better.I can see better when taking off my spectacles.I don't know why.But I still see no prospect of the recovery of my eyesight. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/11/trivialism~2791051/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Playing computer games is my favorite pastime.As a consequence,my eyes become nearsighted.So I used to wear a pair of spectacles on my nose.I'm inclined to believe that it is rather difficult to retain one's eyesight.Many of my acquaintances are also nearsighted.Although I haved heard that scientist has made an spectacular achievement that can cure myopia,I don't want to do the painful operation.An symposium on eye-protection is held every year,aiming to evoke people of the significance of protecting our eyes.It is a solemn topic but most people are not aware of it until their eyes become nearsighted.Sometimes miniature conventions of this kind are also held in school to illustrate the importance of using our eyes correctly.When applying for jobs of some particular areas,people who are nearsighted will be extinguished by others whose eyes are sharp.
We shouldn't focus our eyes on an object for a long time.Diverting our focus periodically is necessary.Maybe everyone knows how to protect eyes,however,the multitude of us are not always conscious of it.
PS:These days I'm at a loss that my eyesight has become better.I can see better when taking off my spectacles.I don't know why.But I still see no prospect of the recovery of my eyesight.

]]>Wrong Chinese Charactershttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/11/wrong_chinese_characters~2789417/2007-08-11T03:09:33+02:00 <p>This is a picture taken in Beijing,the capital of China.I was extremely surprised when I first time saw the wrong characters painted on the wall in XiCheng District,Beijing.<br><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1872784" title="wrongcharacter"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/784/1872784_5aaa67c323_s.jpg" alt="wrongcharacter" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a><br>Look carefully and you will see that "小吃" has been miswritten to "小口气".Well,these superficial mistakes can be easily precluded.I don't know who painted this,but I reckon that he who painted this shouldn't be well-educated.This is really a parody of advertisement.<br>Since Beijing will hold the 2008 Olympic Games,it is our assignment to diminish these mistakes and make the city superb and civilized.Periodic checking is necessary.The diffuse of these mistakes will make our city notorious.Every patriotic citizen should know that the image of our country is of paramount importance,on which point we shouldn't be paralyzed.<br>These days the officials are placed in a dilemma how to cease these illegal advertisements.The painters have no notion of what the officials are pondering about.Anyway,these superfulous advertisements should be curtailed.And I think the obstacles are superable.Our city will be more beautiful. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/11/wrong_chinese_characters~2789417/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>This is a picture taken in Beijing,the capital of China.I was extremely surprised when I first time saw the wrong characters painted on the wall in XiCheng District,Beijing.

wrongcharacter

Look carefully and you will see that "小吃" has been miswritten to "小口气".Well,these superficial mistakes can be easily precluded.I don't know who painted this,but I reckon that he who painted this shouldn't be well-educated.This is really a parody of advertisement.
Since Beijing will hold the 2008 Olympic Games,it is our assignment to diminish these mistakes and make the city superb and civilized.Periodic checking is necessary.The diffuse of these mistakes will make our city notorious.Every patriotic citizen should know that the image of our country is of paramount importance,on which point we shouldn't be paralyzed.
These days the officials are placed in a dilemma how to cease these illegal advertisements.The painters have no notion of what the officials are pondering about.Anyway,these superfulous advertisements should be curtailed.And I think the obstacles are superable.Our city will be more beautiful.

]]>Alarm!http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/09/alarm~2779840/2007-08-09T11:26:21+02:00 <p>We are subject to extreme weather today.It is rather hot and the radiant sun is terrible.It is incredible to think of the multitude of people working outside.They are exposed to sunlight.Such high tempreture makes illness inevitable.Stacks of people influx into hospital and doctors are never solitary."Weather is pertinent to health",this is quite genuine.<br> Human plays an dominating role in nature.However,it seems rather difficult for us to be compatible with nature.No wonder why some people always take a gloomy view of our future.Catastrophes hit us abruptly,and even until today we are not able to keep alive at the crisis.<br> We are always proud of our ingeniousness while nature showed its scorn for it.<br> Although us today live decent life and have the conscious to protect environment,things are still going worse.We should grip the chance and proceed with our effort before it is too late.<br> Recommending our soul to god is of no wisdom,we still have heaps of work to do. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/09/alarm~2779840/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>We are subject to extreme weather today.It is rather hot and the radiant sun is terrible.It is incredible to think of the multitude of people working outside.They are exposed to sunlight.Such high tempreture makes illness inevitable.Stacks of people influx into hospital and doctors are never solitary."Weather is pertinent to health",this is quite genuine.
Human plays an dominating role in nature.However,it seems rather difficult for us to be compatible with nature.No wonder why some people always take a gloomy view of our future.Catastrophes hit us abruptly,and even until today we are not able to keep alive at the crisis.
We are always proud of our ingeniousness while nature showed its scorn for it.
Although us today live decent life and have the conscious to protect environment,things are still going worse.We should grip the chance and proceed with our effort before it is too late.
Recommending our soul to god is of no wisdom,we still have heaps of work to do.

]]>Ambitionhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/08/ambition~2773983/2007-08-08T10:35:51+02:00 <p>Ambition leads to success.The biggest catastrophe for someone is losing his ambition.Ambition is not the monopoly of the great,it can be holded by everyone.A politician may have the ambition to make the world peaceful,a peasant may have the ambition to be the wealthiest in his area.In some sense,ambition is one's dream.It is a dream that one would like to make all his passion and effort to realize.A man with no ambition is like a vessel with no rudder.Without ambition,one cannot persist in study,work,etc.<br> In the catalogue of a book entitled "Think and Grow Rich" you will find the word "desire".Virtually ambition is a kind of desire.With the ambition to make people's life better,Thomas Edison became a great inventor.With the ambition to discover the rules hidden in universe,Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity.With the ambition to discover the relationships among the creatures,Charles Darwin discovered the theory of biological evolution.<br> Without the utilization of ambition,one's imagination will be confined.Inspiration will not circulate around his brain.And only when he is confronted with the fact that he has achieved nothing will he realize how important and useful ambition is.The penalty for neglecting this is failure.<br> With resort to ambition,one can exert himself to the maximum. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/08/ambition~2773983/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Ambition leads to success.The biggest catastrophe for someone is losing his ambition.Ambition is not the monopoly of the great,it can be holded by everyone.A politician may have the ambition to make the world peaceful,a peasant may have the ambition to be the wealthiest in his area.In some sense,ambition is one's dream.It is a dream that one would like to make all his passion and effort to realize.A man with no ambition is like a vessel with no rudder.Without ambition,one cannot persist in study,work,etc.
In the catalogue of a book entitled "Think and Grow Rich" you will find the word "desire".Virtually ambition is a kind of desire.With the ambition to make people's life better,Thomas Edison became a great inventor.With the ambition to discover the rules hidden in universe,Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity.With the ambition to discover the relationships among the creatures,Charles Darwin discovered the theory of biological evolution.
Without the utilization of ambition,one's imagination will be confined.Inspiration will not circulate around his brain.And only when he is confronted with the fact that he has achieved nothing will he realize how important and useful ambition is.The penalty for neglecting this is failure.
With resort to ambition,one can exert himself to the maximum.

]]>Playing Pingponghttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/07/playing_pingpong~2769708/2007-08-07T14:57:35+02:00 <p>This afternoon WangXin and Gu GuoLiang came to see me.I was very surprised that WangXin bought me a pingpong racket.It was really a great present,which I liked very much.We chatted for a while and then I suggested we go to play pingpong.I put on my shoes and soon we were on the way to the palaestra.<br> At first,I decided to go to school to play.But considering the gate keeper might refuse to let us in,we finally made up our mind to go to the palaestra.It was a long way,however.Many people were playing in the palaestra when we arrived.<br> I haven't played pingpong for more than a year.GuoLiang and WangXin were top-players in our class when we were in high school,and even though I tried my best,I couldn't beat them virtually.<br> GuoLiang and WangXin both love pingpong very much and treat it as part of their life.Perhaps that is why they can play so well.I only treat pingpong as a hobby and don't put my heart in it.This also shows that one can do anything well as long as he do it with passion.<br> We were playing happily when it started to rain.So we went our respective homes.Anyway,I had a happy day today. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/07/playing_pingpong~2769708/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>This afternoon WangXin and Gu GuoLiang came to see me.I was very surprised that WangXin bought me a pingpong racket.It was really a great present,which I liked very much.We chatted for a while and then I suggested we go to play pingpong.I put on my shoes and soon we were on the way to the palaestra.
At first,I decided to go to school to play.But considering the gate keeper might refuse to let us in,we finally made up our mind to go to the palaestra.It was a long way,however.Many people were playing in the palaestra when we arrived.
I haven't played pingpong for more than a year.GuoLiang and WangXin were top-players in our class when we were in high school,and even though I tried my best,I couldn't beat them virtually.
GuoLiang and WangXin both love pingpong very much and treat it as part of their life.Perhaps that is why they can play so well.I only treat pingpong as a hobby and don't put my heart in it.This also shows that one can do anything well as long as he do it with passion.
We were playing happily when it started to rain.So we went our respective homes.Anyway,I had a happy day today.

]]>MBTI testhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/04/mbti_test~2752647/2007-08-04T05:23:12+02:00 <p>Today I did the MBTI test.(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator).It is the best known and most trusted personality test available today.The test is on:<br> <a href="http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp"><a href="http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp">http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp</a></a><br> My result is:</p> <p>Your Type is<br> ENTJ<br> Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Judging<br> Strength of the preferences %<br> 33 38 1 11 </p> <p>Qualitative analysis of your type formula<br> You are:<br> moderately expressed extravert<br> moderately expressed intuitive personality<br> slightly expressed thinking personality<br> slightly expressed judging personality</p> <p>Most suitable careers:<br> Management in Business or Education<br> Military Education<br> Politics<br> Law<br> Counseling<br> Engineering<br> Industrial Management & Manufacturing Management<br> High School Education<br> Computer Programming</p> <p>My father also did the test.<br> His result is:<br> Your Type is<br> ENTP<br> Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving<br> Strength of the preferences %<br> 33 25 25 11 </p> <p>Qualitative analysis of your type formula<br> You are:<br> moderately expressed extravert<br> moderately expressed intuitive personality<br> moderately expressed thinking personality<br> slightly expressed perceiving personality</p> <p>Most suitable careers:<br> Education<br> Engineering<br> Natural Science<br> Information System Specialist<br> Counseling<br> Management in Business or Education</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/04/mbti_test~2752647/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Today I did the MBTI test.(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator).It is the best known and most trusted personality test available today.The test is on:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
My result is:

Your Type is
ENTJ
Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
Strength of the preferences %
33 38 1 11

Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
moderately expressed extravert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
slightly expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed judging personality

Most suitable careers:
Management in Business or Education
Military Education
Politics
Law
Counseling
Engineering
Industrial Management & Manufacturing Management
High School Education
Computer Programming

My father also did the test.
His result is:
Your Type is
ENTP
Extraverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
33 25 25 11

Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
moderately expressed extravert
moderately expressed intuitive personality
moderately expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed perceiving personality

Most suitable careers:
Education
Engineering
Natural Science
Information System Specialist
Counseling
Management in Business or Education

]]>GoBanghttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/02/gobang~2741940/2007-08-02T07:10:44+02:00 <p>Gobang is also known as GoMoku, or 5-in-a-row. This is a traditional oriental game played with black and white stones on a 14x14 GO board.<br> This game was invented in ancient times of China, developed in Japan and quickly spread in Europe. It is simple to learn but difficult to master and this made it great popular around the world.<br> I always play the game when I was in high school.It is really intellective and interesting.Our ancestors are really admirable that they can invent such a perfect game.I haven't played the game for a long time and these days I played again with my friends and people on the internet.<br> The rule of the game is easy.The winner is the player who will be first to attain five stones in a row.<br> Have you ever played it?If not,what are you waiting for?</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/08/02/gobang~2741940/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Gobang is also known as GoMoku, or 5-in-a-row. This is a traditional oriental game played with black and white stones on a 14x14 GO board.
This game was invented in ancient times of China, developed in Japan and quickly spread in Europe. It is simple to learn but difficult to master and this made it great popular around the world.
I always play the game when I was in high school.It is really intellective and interesting.Our ancestors are really admirable that they can invent such a perfect game.I haven't played the game for a long time and these days I played again with my friends and people on the internet.
The rule of the game is easy.The winner is the player who will be first to attain five stones in a row.
Have you ever played it?If not,what are you waiting for?

]]>A day with old firends :)http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/26/a_day_with_old_firends~2702400/2007-07-26T03:09:37+02:00 <p>Yesterday some of my classmates in high school came to see me.They are Zhang ZhiYong,Zhu Huan,Dong ZhenLei,Gu GuoLiang,Xie XueLei,Zhu LianYun,Pan Ye and Zhang YingXiu.(The above list is in no particular order.<img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0">)We have been graduated from high school for a year or so.How happy I was to see them!They changed little in appearance(while I changed a lot<img src="/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif" alt=":'(" class="middle" border="0">).What about characters?Let me introduce them one by one.</p> <p>Zhang ZhiYong,a boy tall and thin.I have the impression that he is childlike innocence and is in favor of watching cartoons.In this point,he hasn't changed.Now he is studying fire protection engineering in university.He wants to buy a notebook PC for study use.Initially he wants to buy one with my help,but his brother has already bought one for him several days ago.He tells me of its brand and price.I think it must be a great computer.(At least much better than the one I'm using now!!!)</p> <p>Zhu Huan,a diffident boy.He was very down when he started his university life at first because he couldn't take part in the activities.I encouraged him to be more confident and try to contact more with his classmates.This time whom I see is a optimistic and happy boy.Smile is always on his face.He is still nuts about NBA,but pityingly,the team Phonix Sun,which he prefers most,was not champion.He is studying economics now and I hope one day he will be a great economist.</p> <p>Dong ZhenLei,a chatty boy.His chatty style has not changed,but the content has.After a year in Shanghai,he knows much more and tells us a lot of interesting stories.He is an ambitious boy who has a lot of dreams.He intends to study in the US after graduation from university.I bet his dreams can come true.This summer holiday he will not relax.Instead,he will earn some money on his own hand.An able boy,isn't he?He gives me a map of TongJi university and a book.The book is somewhat uninteresting to me but I will read it in my free time.Thank you,ZhenLei!</p> <p>Gu GuoLiang,a cool boy who loves playing ping-pong.We are good firends and are always together when in high school.He is a gentleman who can tolerate my faults.Ha!Maybe that is why I'd like to be with him.Most of the time we get along well with each other.Even if sometimes we quarrel,it will not be long before we're OK again.He had got a girlfriend but parted for some reason.(What reason?I don't know.I don't wanna know because it is his personal matter though we are good friends.)Never mind,GuoLiang,you are so cool that girls should be out of question.</p> <p>Xie XueLei,a boy with few words.It is really a big surprise that he comes to see me.I haven't been in contact with him since we gradute from high school.In my opinion,he hasn't changed,he is still honest and polite.He is studying engineering management and I bless he will have a bright future.</p> <p>Zhu LianYun,the tallest boy in our class.He plays basketball very well and is a member of the school basketball team.I'm glad to hear that he lives in a comfortable dormitory and gets along well with his teachers and classmates in university.This summer he will earn money together with Dong ZhenLei,the boy I mentioned above.</p> <p>Pan Ye,an energetic and gorgeous girl.She has a warm and outgoing personality.Being crazy about Korean teleplays,she becomes sublime active when talking about that.She always complains that her campus is small in size(even smaller than our high school).Actually size is not the problem,teaching quality is the most important.Remember,"Condensed is distillate".Laziness is one of her shortcomings.The most unbelievable thing to me is that she chooses to study law.I thought she may study physics and will be another Madam Courier one day.Studying law is no easy task,a lot of remembrance is required.I hope she can be more diligent.</p> <p>Zhang YingXiu,an incommunicative yet beautiful girl.She came to see me in winter holiday this year.And this time she comes again.She is a very kind-hearted girl.She seldom expresses herself but we all know that she is perfect.I always received her short messages during the time I was in hospital.She treats her friends honestly and cares others more than herself.I hope she can be more outgoing and active in the future.</p> <p>The weather was rather hot yesterday and I didn't treat them well.It was really a pity that I forgot to take some pictures of us.But history had witnessed the moment.In the future,our appearances may change,our characters may change,our status may change...But one thing is certain--We are good friends,forever! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/26/a_day_with_old_firends~2702400/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Yesterday some of my classmates in high school came to see me.They are Zhang ZhiYong,Zhu Huan,Dong ZhenLei,Gu GuoLiang,Xie XueLei,Zhu LianYun,Pan Ye and Zhang YingXiu.(The above list is in no particular order. :>>

:>>

)We have been graduated from high school for a year or so.How happy I was to see them!They changed little in appearance(while I changed a lot :'(

:'(

).What about characters?Let me introduce them one by one.

Zhang ZhiYong,a boy tall and thin.I have the impression that he is childlike innocence and is in favor of watching cartoons.In this point,he hasn't changed.Now he is studying fire protection engineering in university.He wants to buy a notebook PC for study use.Initially he wants to buy one with my help,but his brother has already bought one for him several days ago.He tells me of its brand and price.I think it must be a great computer.(At least much better than the one I'm using now!!!)

Zhu Huan,a diffident boy.He was very down when he started his university life at first because he couldn't take part in the activities.I encouraged him to be more confident and try to contact more with his classmates.This time whom I see is a optimistic and happy boy.Smile is always on his face.He is still nuts about NBA,but pityingly,the team Phonix Sun,which he prefers most,was not champion.He is studying economics now and I hope one day he will be a great economist.

Dong ZhenLei,a chatty boy.His chatty style has not changed,but the content has.After a year in Shanghai,he knows much more and tells us a lot of interesting stories.He is an ambitious boy who has a lot of dreams.He intends to study in the US after graduation from university.I bet his dreams can come true.This summer holiday he will not relax.Instead,he will earn some money on his own hand.An able boy,isn't he?He gives me a map of TongJi university and a book.The book is somewhat uninteresting to me but I will read it in my free time.Thank you,ZhenLei!

Gu GuoLiang,a cool boy who loves playing ping-pong.We are good firends and are always together when in high school.He is a gentleman who can tolerate my faults.Ha!Maybe that is why I'd like to be with him.Most of the time we get along well with each other.Even if sometimes we quarrel,it will not be long before we're OK again.He had got a girlfriend but parted for some reason.(What reason?I don't know.I don't wanna know because it is his personal matter though we are good friends.)Never mind,GuoLiang,you are so cool that girls should be out of question.

Xie XueLei,a boy with few words.It is really a big surprise that he comes to see me.I haven't been in contact with him since we gradute from high school.In my opinion,he hasn't changed,he is still honest and polite.He is studying engineering management and I bless he will have a bright future.

Zhu LianYun,the tallest boy in our class.He plays basketball very well and is a member of the school basketball team.I'm glad to hear that he lives in a comfortable dormitory and gets along well with his teachers and classmates in university.This summer he will earn money together with Dong ZhenLei,the boy I mentioned above.

Pan Ye,an energetic and gorgeous girl.She has a warm and outgoing personality.Being crazy about Korean teleplays,she becomes sublime active when talking about that.She always complains that her campus is small in size(even smaller than our high school).Actually size is not the problem,teaching quality is the most important.Remember,"Condensed is distillate".Laziness is one of her shortcomings.The most unbelievable thing to me is that she chooses to study law.I thought she may study physics and will be another Madam Courier one day.Studying law is no easy task,a lot of remembrance is required.I hope she can be more diligent.

Zhang YingXiu,an incommunicative yet beautiful girl.She came to see me in winter holiday this year.And this time she comes again.She is a very kind-hearted girl.She seldom expresses herself but we all know that she is perfect.I always received her short messages during the time I was in hospital.She treats her friends honestly and cares others more than herself.I hope she can be more outgoing and active in the future.

The weather was rather hot yesterday and I didn't treat them well.It was really a pity that I forgot to take some pictures of us.But history had witnessed the moment.In the future,our appearances may change,our characters may change,our status may change...But one thing is certain--We are good friends,forever!

]]>Contentmenthttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/23/contentment~2686635/2007-07-23T14:40:34+02:00 <p>Contentment is sometimes the achievement of what you want,while sometimes the awareness of what you already have.<br> These days I'm occupying myself in a task(so busy as not having time to write a post<img src="/img/smilies/icon_mad.gif" alt=">:(" class="middle" border="0">),during which I encountered a lot of problems.Each time a problem was solved,I felt a sense of contentment.The feeling witnessed what I had done and provoked me to keep on working to overcome the next difficulty.I remembered when I was still a kid,I always felt a sense of contentment when I got the toy I had been longing for.So in these cases,contentment is the achievement of what I want.<br> When one is down,he always think that he is the unluckiest one in the world.Everything seems to be againest him.Of course I'm no exceptation.For instance,when I got a serious disease,I thought the world is unfair,the god is unfair...But later I realized that there were many people who were unluckier than me,some of them even got diseases that couldn't be cured by Today's medical technics.Some people were still struggling for a place to live,so much as a meal.So I feel a sense of contentment,I know that I have a lot of things that others may not have,for example,a harmonious family,many good friends.The feeling helps me to drive those blues out of my life.In these cases,contentment is the awareness of what I already have.<br> Contentment is a necessary feeling in our lives,it makes our lives meaningful and keeps us going. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/23/contentment~2686635/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Contentment is sometimes the achievement of what you want,while sometimes the awareness of what you already have.
These days I'm occupying myself in a task(so busy as not having time to write a post >:(

>:(

),during which I encountered a lot of problems.Each time a problem was solved,I felt a sense of contentment.The feeling witnessed what I had done and provoked me to keep on working to overcome the next difficulty.I remembered when I was still a kid,I always felt a sense of contentment when I got the toy I had been longing for.So in these cases,contentment is the achievement of what I want.
When one is down,he always think that he is the unluckiest one in the world.Everything seems to be againest him.Of course I'm no exceptation.For instance,when I got a serious disease,I thought the world is unfair,the god is unfair...But later I realized that there were many people who were unluckier than me,some of them even got diseases that couldn't be cured by Today's medical technics.Some people were still struggling for a place to live,so much as a meal.So I feel a sense of contentment,I know that I have a lot of things that others may not have,for example,a harmonious family,many good friends.The feeling helps me to drive those blues out of my life.In these cases,contentment is the awareness of what I already have.
Contentment is a necessary feeling in our lives,it makes our lives meaningful and keeps us going.

]]>Yesterday,Today and Tomorrowhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/17/yesterday_today_and_tomorrow~2651110/2007-07-17T13:15:32+02:00 <p>Yesterday I received a phone call from a good friend.He was a student of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.He said he was in summer holiday and would come and see me later.I was very excited because we hadn't met for nearly half a year.Definitely he will tell me a lot of stories happened in Shanghai.And of course,I have a lot to tell him as well.<br> Today I received a phone call from WangXin,a nurse I got to know at Peking University People's Hospital.She asked about my health and gave me some advice on how to keep fit.I couldn't be thankful enough to her for her timely care.I felt very lucky to know such a conscientious nurse.In the call she told me that she had just taken an exam and didn't know whether she could pass.She was extremely weak in English,I know,but this time the exam didn't cover it.I believe she can pass.<br> What about tomorrow?Will I receive a phone call again?Who will it be?I don't know.After all,tomorrow is too far to be concerned.I will go on working now. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/17/yesterday_today_and_tomorrow~2651110/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Yesterday I received a phone call from a good friend.He was a student of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.He said he was in summer holiday and would come and see me later.I was very excited because we hadn't met for nearly half a year.Definitely he will tell me a lot of stories happened in Shanghai.And of course,I have a lot to tell him as well.
Today I received a phone call from WangXin,a nurse I got to know at Peking University People's Hospital.She asked about my health and gave me some advice on how to keep fit.I couldn't be thankful enough to her for her timely care.I felt very lucky to know such a conscientious nurse.In the call she told me that she had just taken an exam and didn't know whether she could pass.She was extremely weak in English,I know,but this time the exam didn't cover it.I believe she can pass.
What about tomorrow?Will I receive a phone call again?Who will it be?I don't know.After all,tomorrow is too far to be concerned.I will go on working now.

]]>A problem in computer programming solvedhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/16/a_problem_in_computer_programming_solved~2644687/2007-07-16T13:41:09+02:00 <p>These days I'm busying designing a website for a foundation in my hometown.So I don't have much time managing my blog.<br> Today I was perplexed by a problem.You know,it is easy to parse xml document using flash CS3.PHP don't have such powerful parse functions.However,flash can't save the file modified while PHP,as a background language,can.So I wanna use flash to modify xml document and send it to a PHP file.But I don't know how to receive(or access) the xml in PHP.I have searched for the solution on internet,but no correlative articles was found.At last,I asked father for help.<br> He didn't know how to access the xml sent by flash,either.But he thought out a solution finally.The solution is as follows:<br> First,load the xml document in flash.<br> Second,modify the xml document using flash.<br> Third,translate the xml object to string.<br> Fourth,send the string to PHP.<br> Fifth,save the string to a xml document using PHP.<br> Thanks to dad,the problem is finally solved.He is a great programmer whom I admire most. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/16/a_problem_in_computer_programming_solved~2644687/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>These days I'm busying designing a website for a foundation in my hometown.So I don't have much time managing my blog.
Today I was perplexed by a problem.You know,it is easy to parse xml document using flash CS3.PHP don't have such powerful parse functions.However,flash can't save the file modified while PHP,as a background language,can.So I wanna use flash to modify xml document and send it to a PHP file.But I don't know how to receive(or access) the xml in PHP.I have searched for the solution on internet,but no correlative articles was found.At last,I asked father for help.
He didn't know how to access the xml sent by flash,either.But he thought out a solution finally.The solution is as follows:
First,load the xml document in flash.
Second,modify the xml document using flash.
Third,translate the xml object to string.
Fourth,send the string to PHP.
Fifth,save the string to a xml document using PHP.
Thanks to dad,the problem is finally solved.He is a great programmer whom I admire most.

]]>Increasing Party Membershttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/15/increasing_party_members~2637963/2007-07-15T11:45:52+02:00 <p>A recent statistic shows that the members of CPC(The Communist Party of China) has increased 11,859,000 from 2002 to 2006.The average increase per year is 2,372,000.Almost half of the students in universities have written the application for joining the Party.The CPC is the only party in power in China(except for TaiWan).Not only people's standard of living,but also the whole nation's general competitive power has improved a lot during the past few years under its leadership.So it has won the trust of most people,among whom many people wanna become a member of it.However,to join the Party is not easy.One who wanna join CPC has to be excellent in studying and working.<br> I'm not a Party member at the moment.But I hope one day I will be. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/15/increasing_party_members~2637963/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>A recent statistic shows that the members of CPC(The Communist Party of China) has increased 11,859,000 from 2002 to 2006.The average increase per year is 2,372,000.Almost half of the students in universities have written the application for joining the Party.The CPC is the only party in power in China(except for TaiWan).Not only people's standard of living,but also the whole nation's general competitive power has improved a lot during the past few years under its leadership.So it has won the trust of most people,among whom many people wanna become a member of it.However,to join the Party is not easy.One who wanna join CPC has to be excellent in studying and working.
I'm not a Party member at the moment.But I hope one day I will be.

]]>Lucky 52http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/14/lucky~2632518/2007-07-14T10:02:36+02:00 <p>"Lucky 52" is one of the programs I am in favor of.It is broadcasted on CCTV2(China Central Television) every friday.In the program,Yong Li,the famous compere in China asks questions of all kinds,such as scientific,historical,and commonsensible questions.Three challengers answer these questions and one of them,who gets the most correct answers,will be the "present winner".At last,the "present winner" will compete with "winner of the last time"(final winner of last week) to decide who is the final winner of this week.The program is so challenging and interesting that it has a high audience rating.<br> However,the program has changed to a new version recently.The original games in the program are cancelled.Instead,the challengers will compete with some primary scholars on some primary school questions.The challengers always lose because knowledge learned in primary school has already been forgotten by them since they are working now and has graduated from school for several years.<br> As a consequence,the program becomes less interesting.What a pity!<br> Why did the editor generate the idea of changing version of "Lucky 52"?I think it is because of YiDing Yu,a challenger in "Lucky 52".He is so sophisticated and erudite that no one can beat him.He has been final winner for 9 weeks.Many audiences argue that he is unbeatable and it is boring to see the same face every time they watch "Lucky 52".Maybe it is just because of this that the editor changed the program under great pressure.<br> Nevertheless,I don't like the change.At least the new program is apparently less interesting than the previous one.Eruditeness is no fault.Why can't we tolerate a pandit?I firmly hope the program can be restored even though I know it is impossible. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/14/lucky~2632518/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>"Lucky 52" is one of the programs I am in favor of.It is broadcasted on CCTV2(China Central Television) every friday.In the program,Yong Li,the famous compere in China asks questions of all kinds,such as scientific,historical,and commonsensible questions.Three challengers answer these questions and one of them,who gets the most correct answers,will be the "present winner".At last,the "present winner" will compete with "winner of the last time"(final winner of last week) to decide who is the final winner of this week.The program is so challenging and interesting that it has a high audience rating.
However,the program has changed to a new version recently.The original games in the program are cancelled.Instead,the challengers will compete with some primary scholars on some primary school questions.The challengers always lose because knowledge learned in primary school has already been forgotten by them since they are working now and has graduated from school for several years.
As a consequence,the program becomes less interesting.What a pity!
Why did the editor generate the idea of changing version of "Lucky 52"?I think it is because of YiDing Yu,a challenger in "Lucky 52".He is so sophisticated and erudite that no one can beat him.He has been final winner for 9 weeks.Many audiences argue that he is unbeatable and it is boring to see the same face every time they watch "Lucky 52".Maybe it is just because of this that the editor changed the program under great pressure.
Nevertheless,I don't like the change.At least the new program is apparently less interesting than the previous one.Eruditeness is no fault.Why can't we tolerate a pandit?I firmly hope the program can be restored even though I know it is impossible.

]]>An illogical jokehttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/13/an_illogical_joke~2626728/2007-07-13T09:51:45+02:00 <p>Today I saw an illogical joke,it is very interesting so I put it here to share with you:<br> At noon,a young grandpa robbed a bonze of his hair under moonlight.This was seen by a blind.The blind told a deaf about this.The deaf was very angry and told this matter to a dummy.The dummy told this to a limp.The limp ran quickly to a police station,which had no houses,and told the matter to a policeman.The policeman drove a car with no wheel to the place where things happened.He quickly took out a gun with no bullet using one of his foot and shot at the grandpa.The young grandpa was shot and died. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/13/an_illogical_joke~2626728/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Today I saw an illogical joke,it is very interesting so I put it here to share with you:
At noon,a young grandpa robbed a bonze of his hair under moonlight.This was seen by a blind.The blind told a deaf about this.The deaf was very angry and told this matter to a dummy.The dummy told this to a limp.The limp ran quickly to a police station,which had no houses,and told the matter to a policeman.The policeman drove a car with no wheel to the place where things happened.He quickly took out a gun with no bullet using one of his foot and shot at the grandpa.The young grandpa was shot and died.

]]>Have a bath,my tortoises!http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/12/have_a_bath_my_tortoises~2620458/2007-07-12T10:16:25+02:00 <p>I have two tortoises in my fish tank.One of them was bought nine years ago,the other was given by my grandma-in-law eight years ago.At that time,they were small in size(can be held in a palm) and seemed cute and pathetic.By now they have grown three times bigger.Look,here is a 'planform':<br><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1786501" title="tortoise1"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/501/1786501_b901cf3279_s.jpg" alt="tortoise1" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a><br>Tortoises are seasonal animals.They are greedy and active in summer.They will eat up all the flesh or fish I put in the fish tank.It seems that they never know what is full.They are not afraid of getting on weight because they will store these energy into fat and use it to pass the long winter.In winter,they become quite lazy and are always sleeping.If you give them some delicious food in winter,they will show no interest.<br>My two tortoises are always friendly to each other.However,they sometimes loss their tempers and fight against each other because of food.Their fight seldom lasts for a long time,maybe they don't wanna others see that they are not gentlemen.But anyway I caught the moment.<img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0">Let's share:<br><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1786503" title="tortoise3"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/503/1786503_23b357643a_s.jpg" alt="tortoise3" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a><br>These days they were quite active and my fish tank got dirty frequently.Today,I decided to give them a shower bath besides changing the water.So I put them in a washbasin and washed them using the shower.But they didn't like my service and threated me with their hoarse cry.<br><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1786502" title="tortoise2"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/502/1786502_6868efa867_s.jpg" alt="tortoise2" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a><br>Although I have fed them for nearly a decade,they are aggressive each time I try to touch them.I don't know what they think of me or whether they are content with me.After all,they are too lazy to write blogs.<img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"> So I can't read their thoughts.<br>Will they be angry after reading this post?Who knows,but one thing is certain------they can't eat me!<img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0">Ha! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/12/have_a_bath_my_tortoises~2620458/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>I have two tortoises in my fish tank.One of them was bought nine years ago,the other was given by my grandma-in-law eight years ago.At that time,they were small in size(can be held in a palm) and seemed cute and pathetic.By now they have grown three times bigger.Look,here is a 'planform':

tortoise1

Tortoises are seasonal animals.They are greedy and active in summer.They will eat up all the flesh or fish I put in the fish tank.It seems that they never know what is full.They are not afraid of getting on weight because they will store these energy into fat and use it to pass the long winter.In winter,they become quite lazy and are always sleeping.If you give them some delicious food in winter,they will show no interest.
My two tortoises are always friendly to each other.However,they sometimes loss their tempers and fight against each other because of food.Their fight seldom lasts for a long time,maybe they don't wanna others see that they are not gentlemen.But anyway I caught the moment. :>>

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Let's share:

tortoise3

These days they were quite active and my fish tank got dirty frequently.Today,I decided to give them a shower bath besides changing the water.So I put them in a washbasin and washed them using the shower.But they didn't like my service and threated me with their hoarse cry.

tortoise2

Although I have fed them for nearly a decade,they are aggressive each time I try to touch them.I don't know what they think of me or whether they are content with me.After all,they are too lazy to write blogs.

So I can't read their thoughts.
Will they be angry after reading this post?Who knows,but one thing is certain------they can't eat me!

Ha!

]]>Embarrassmenthttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/11/embarrassment~2613804/2007-07-11T10:08:29+02:00 <p>In the afternoon,I was surfing the internet when suddenly my computer went disconnected with the web.I checked the Router and found nothing wrong.So I redailed but it still didn't help.Having tried every means I could think of,I finally gave up and called 10060 for help.The operator consented that a engineer would be sent immediately to my home.<br> Before the engineer arrived,I resetted the Router again.To my great surprise,this time the connection was repaired and everything went on well.<br> Shortly after that,the engineer came.I was very embarrassed and told him that everything was all right.<br> PS:I like their service,anyway.<img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/11/embarrassment~2613804/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>In the afternoon,I was surfing the internet when suddenly my computer went disconnected with the web.I checked the Router and found nothing wrong.So I redailed but it still didn't help.Having tried every means I could think of,I finally gave up and called 10060 for help.The operator consented that a engineer would be sent immediately to my home.
Before the engineer arrived,I resetted the Router again.To my great surprise,this time the connection was repaired and everything went on well.
Shortly after that,the engineer came.I was very embarrassed and told him that everything was all right.
PS:I like their service,anyway. :>>

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]]>Corruption in Chinahttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/10/corruption_in_china~2607532/2007-07-10T10:51:31+02:00 <p>Today,XiaoYu Zheng,the director general of SFDA(State Food And Drug Administration) was sentenced to death because of bribery.He received bribes of more than 6,000,000 RMB during his prefecture.His breach of duty has led to irreversible loss.The criminal bribee finally answered for what he had done.<br> Many medicines(or drugs) of low quality with high prices came into the market after he received bribes from these medicine-makers.As a consequence,people who took these medicines sustained a big loss of both physical and mental.The crime he has commited was far more than his death can remedy.<br> Corruption is one of the biggest problem in China.XiaoYu Zheng's death shows that China is making great effort dealing with corruption.I hope officials can be self-conscious and serve the people heart and soul. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/10/corruption_in_china~2607532/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Today,XiaoYu Zheng,the director general of SFDA(State Food And Drug Administration) was sentenced to death because of bribery.He received bribes of more than 6,000,000 RMB during his prefecture.His breach of duty has led to irreversible loss.The criminal bribee finally answered for what he had done.
Many medicines(or drugs) of low quality with high prices came into the market after he received bribes from these medicine-makers.As a consequence,people who took these medicines sustained a big loss of both physical and mental.The crime he has commited was far more than his death can remedy.
Corruption is one of the biggest problem in China.XiaoYu Zheng's death shows that China is making great effort dealing with corruption.I hope officials can be self-conscious and serve the people heart and soul.

]]>A Fantastic Dreamhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/09/a_fantastic_dream~2600858/2007-07-09T11:25:13+02:00 <p>Last night I had a fantastic dream.I dreamed of playing a computer game that I had never played in real life.<br> In the game my role was a wild animal trainer.I had to train the animals to become my soldiers and command them to fight with the opposite force.I trained many species of animals,such as tigers,elephants,cheetahs and snakes.<br> After a long term of training,my "army" seemed overwhelmingly strong.I,as the leader of the army,drove on an elephant and began our journey to attact the enemies.<br> Coincidently,we encountered our enemies on our journey.They were stronger than I had thought.The leader of the opposite force,who also rode on an elephant,was actually one of my friends(in real life)!<img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"><br> A fierce war began.Animals fought against each other,spilling blood on the ground.Soon the ground was colored Turkey red by blood.Dead bodies could be seen everywhere.At last,all the animals died except for us two leaders and the two elephants we rode on.I commanded my elephant to step forward and fight.Strange things happened,my elephant didn't follow my order,instead,it threw me down to the ground and began trampling on me with its tremendous feet."No!No!Stop!"I cried,but it didn't help.I could see tears in my elephant's eyes and it said to me,"I hate you humans!"I soon lost conscious...<br> When I got up,I began to think of my dream.Maybe my dream is telling us that we humans should love animals and treat them kindly.We should not use animals illegally.Killing animals is actually killing ourselves. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/09/a_fantastic_dream~2600858/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Last night I had a fantastic dream.I dreamed of playing a computer game that I had never played in real life.
In the game my role was a wild animal trainer.I had to train the animals to become my soldiers and command them to fight with the opposite force.I trained many species of animals,such as tigers,elephants,cheetahs and snakes.
After a long term of training,my "army" seemed overwhelmingly strong.I,as the leader of the army,drove on an elephant and began our journey to attact the enemies.
Coincidently,we encountered our enemies on our journey.They were stronger than I had thought.The leader of the opposite force,who also rode on an elephant,was actually one of my friends(in real life)!

A fierce war began.Animals fought against each other,spilling blood on the ground.Soon the ground was colored Turkey red by blood.Dead bodies could be seen everywhere.At last,all the animals died except for us two leaders and the two elephants we rode on.I commanded my elephant to step forward and fight.Strange things happened,my elephant didn't follow my order,instead,it threw me down to the ground and began trampling on me with its tremendous feet."No!No!Stop!"I cried,but it didn't help.I could see tears in my elephant's eyes and it said to me,"I hate you humans!"I soon lost conscious...
When I got up,I began to think of my dream.Maybe my dream is telling us that we humans should love animals and treat them kindly.We should not use animals illegally.Killing animals is actually killing ourselves.

]]>Evolutional Mosquitoshttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/08/evolutional_mosquitos~2594293/2007-07-08T10:03:06+02:00 <p>Summer is the season I dislike most.The weather is always hot,besides,flies and mosquitos are extremely boring.<br> This summer things get even worse.I find that mosquitos have evolved.They are smaller in size,which makes it difficult to find and kill them.Previous mosquitos can be easily noticed because they always fly here and there.But mosquitos now are more likely to be stationary.They hide in a place without moving after biting you.<br> I hate these bloodsuckers.They have evolved,and so do my tools.<img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"><br> Instead of using flyflap,I have bought electronic mosquito beater,mosquito-repellent incense and anti-mosquito light.For all that I put all irons in the fire,mosquitos can still be found in my room.<img src="/img/smilies/grayno.gif" alt=":no:" class="middle" border="0"><br> Mosquito-curtain is anyhow necessary.But if they get smaller year after year,they may be able to penetrate through the holes of the curtain.How terrible it is!<br> If mosquitos evolve like this,man may give place of top predators to them in the future. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/08/evolutional_mosquitos~2594293/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>Summer is the season I dislike most.The weather is always hot,besides,flies and mosquitos are extremely boring.
This summer things get even worse.I find that mosquitos have evolved.They are smaller in size,which makes it difficult to find and kill them.Previous mosquitos can be easily noticed because they always fly here and there.But mosquitos now are more likely to be stationary.They hide in a place without moving after biting you.
I hate these bloodsuckers.They have evolved,and so do my tools.

Instead of using flyflap,I have bought electronic mosquito beater,mosquito-repellent incense and anti-mosquito light.For all that I put all irons in the fire,mosquitos can still be found in my room. :no:

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Mosquito-curtain is anyhow necessary.But if they get smaller year after year,they may be able to penetrate through the holes of the curtain.How terrible it is!
If mosquitos evolve like this,man may give place of top predators to them in the future.

]]>Little Fathttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/07/little_fat~2589353/2007-07-07T10:07:35+02:00 <p>You may not know ZhiJun Qian,but you must know "Little Fat",as long as you are a chinese.Recently,a fat yet cute boy with a nickname of "Little Fat" became focus of attention of chinese internet users in a strikingly speed.By now,he has literally made his moment.He is not only well-known to internet users,but people who have no knowledge of the internet in that his photos have been published by newspapers and he has attended many television shows.Today,if you walk in the street and randomly choose a person to inverstigate whether he knows "Little Fat",you will apparently recieve the answer "Yes".Why can he become famous overnight?<br>In fact,"Little Fat" is an ordinary boy who works at a gas station.Look at this photo:<br><img src="http://www.jinbw.com.cn/File/Pic/news/0010014/2007011103485572856.jpg" alt="" width="227" height="192"><br>This is a photo taken by a classmate of "Little Fat" when he is still a student.The moment was caught indeliberately.It can be seen that "Little Fat"'s expression in this photo is a bit humorous.Nothing special happened until his classmate put the photo on the internet several years later.At first,some people noticed this and began to modify the picture using softwares like photoshop or fireworks.Subsequently,"Little Fat"'s humorous expression ignited the curiosity of more and more people.Hundreds of different versions of "Little Fat" appeared on the internet.It is these photos that finally made "Little Fat" famous.Here are some of the photos:<br><img src="http://img.xyent.cn/200610/20061011131741401.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="256"><img src="http://www.xi9.org/Article/UploadFiles/200701/20071312164930.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150"><img src="http://bxqr.kutu365.com/454/pics/20071241412535945.jpg" alt="" width="187" height="300"><img src="http://bbs.51766.com/photo/fat11.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="306"><img src="http://bbs.51766.com/photo/fat03.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="188"><br>"Little Fat",whose real name is ZhiJun Qian,is a boy living in Shanghai.When once asked about his famousness in a TV show,he said that even he himself couldn't imagine the fact.He declared that he became famous by sheer chance.When asked about his feeling when he became famous,he said that he was just an ordinary person,which is just what he wanted others to treat him as.<br>In fact,"Little Fat"'s famousness didn't trouble him at all.Instead,his life has become more colorful since he has more chances to attend public shows.Some impressing TV stations,such as CCTV and PhoenixTV,also made programs for him.These accelerated the speed of his famousness. <br>It can be seen from the famousness of "Little Fat" that chinese people today spends more time on recreation.Comics has become an overwhelming part of entertainment.I think everyone should think of others' feelings and try not to hurt others when he is making fun.<br>I don't know how many "Little Fat"s will generate in the future,but I do know that internet has made overnight famous possible. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/07/little_fat~2589353/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>You may not know ZhiJun Qian,but you must know "Little Fat",as long as you are a chinese.Recently,a fat yet cute boy with a nickname of "Little Fat" became focus of attention of chinese internet users in a strikingly speed.By now,he has literally made his moment.He is not only well-known to internet users,but people who have no knowledge of the internet in that his photos have been published by newspapers and he has attended many television shows.Today,if you walk in the street and randomly choose a person to inverstigate whether he knows "Little Fat",you will apparently recieve the answer "Yes".Why can he become famous overnight?
In fact,"Little Fat" is an ordinary boy who works at a gas station.Look at this photo:

This is a photo taken by a classmate of "Little Fat" when he is still a student.The moment was caught indeliberately.It can be seen that "Little Fat"'s expression in this photo is a bit humorous.Nothing special happened until his classmate put the photo on the internet several years later.At first,some people noticed this and began to modify the picture using softwares like photoshop or fireworks.Subsequently,"Little Fat"'s humorous expression ignited the curiosity of more and more people.Hundreds of different versions of "Little Fat" appeared on the internet.It is these photos that finally made "Little Fat" famous.Here are some of the photos:

"Little Fat",whose real name is ZhiJun Qian,is a boy living in Shanghai.When once asked about his famousness in a TV show,he said that even he himself couldn't imagine the fact.He declared that he became famous by sheer chance.When asked about his feeling when he became famous,he said that he was just an ordinary person,which is just what he wanted others to treat him as.
In fact,"Little Fat"'s famousness didn't trouble him at all.Instead,his life has become more colorful since he has more chances to attend public shows.Some impressing TV stations,such as CCTV and PhoenixTV,also made programs for him.These accelerated the speed of his famousness.
It can be seen from the famousness of "Little Fat" that chinese people today spends more time on recreation.Comics has become an overwhelming part of entertainment.I think everyone should think of others' feelings and try not to hurt others when he is making fun.
I don't know how many "Little Fat"s will generate in the future,but I do know that internet has made overnight famous possible.

]]>ZhaoXia Parkhttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/06/zhaoxia_park~2583911/2007-07-06T10:38:21+02:00 <p>The weather is really elusory.At noon,the sun was like a fireball,toasting everything on earth.But in the afternoon,clouds shaded the sun and it turned out to be quite cool.<img class="smiley" src="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/tinymce/jss/plugins/blogdeemotions/smilies/07cool.gif" border="0" alt="" width="15" height="15">So grandma and I went to the ZhaoXia Park together for recreation.<br>ZhaoXia Park is a small park that is not far from my home.Since it is friday today,there are not so many people.The tranquil environment and fresh air put me in a merry mood.<br>When we were walking in the park,a big parterre attracted me.<a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1766338" title="zhaoxiapark1"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/338/1766338_f272c51111_s.jpg" alt="zhaoxiapark1" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a>Not only the different colors of flowers in it,but also the statues around it are attractive.Look at the statue of soldier,how sublime he is!<a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1766339" title="zhaoxiapark2"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/339/1766339_8763ecdd99_s.jpg" alt="zhaoxiapark2" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a><br>Of all the colors,grandma likes pink best.So I took some photos for her in front of some pink flowers.She was very happy.However,it was a pity that I missed the moment she was smiling(my poor skill...<img class="smiley" src="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/tinymce/jss/plugins/blogdeemotions/smilies/14sad.gif" border="0" alt="" width="15" height="15">).<a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1766517" title="zhaoxiapark3"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/517/1766517_92c99a755e_s.jpg" alt="zhaoxiapark3" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a><br>The ZhaoXia Park was built for several reasons,one of which is to commemorate revolutionary martyrs.That is why there are many statues of soldiers in the park.A tremendous monument is a symbolic structure in the park.Grandma took a photo at the foot of it.<a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1766519" title="zhaoxiapark5"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/519/1766519_c5dc80504d_s.jpg" alt="zhaoxiapark5" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="135" height="180"></a>Thanks to the martyrs,we couldn't live a peaceful life today without them.It was they who turned the invaders out of our motherland.<br>We had a good time in the park.Before we left,I bought a small decoration,to which I decided to tie the camera.<a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1766518" title="zhaoxiapark4"><img src="http://data4.blog.de/media/518/1766518_95a742d0e3_s.jpg" alt="zhaoxiapark4" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="180"></a>It is made of wood and there are three chinese characters on it,which means that it can bless me to be successful on studies.I sincerely hope that it can be efficacious.<br>PS:Things sold in parks are always expensive!<img class="smiley" src="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/tinymce/jss/plugins/blogdeemotions/smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0" alt="" width="15" height="15"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/06/zhaoxia_park~2583911/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>The weather is really elusory.At noon,the sun was like a fireball,toasting everything on earth.But in the afternoon,clouds shaded the sun and it turned out to be quite cool.

So grandma and I went to the ZhaoXia Park together for recreation.
ZhaoXia Park is a small park that is not far from my home.Since it is friday today,there are not so many people.The tranquil environment and fresh air put me in a merry mood.
When we were walking in the park,a big parterre attracted me.

zhaoxiapark1

Not only the different colors of flowers in it,but also the statues around it are attractive.Look at the statue of soldier,how sublime he is!

zhaoxiapark2

Of all the colors,grandma likes pink best.So I took some photos for her in front of some pink flowers.She was very happy.However,it was a pity that I missed the moment she was smiling(my poor skill...

).

zhaoxiapark3

The ZhaoXia Park was built for several reasons,one of which is to commemorate revolutionary martyrs.That is why there are many statues of soldiers in the park.A tremendous monument is a symbolic structure in the park.Grandma took a photo at the foot of it.

zhaoxiapark5

Thanks to the martyrs,we couldn't live a peaceful life today without them.It was they who turned the invaders out of our motherland.
We had a good time in the park.Before we left,I bought a small decoration,to which I decided to tie the camera.

zhaoxiapark4

It is made of wood and there are three chinese characters on it,which means that it can bless me to be successful on studies.I sincerely hope that it can be efficacious.
PS:Things sold in parks are always expensive!

]]>About My Bloghttp://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/about_my_blog~2576905/2007-07-05T10:02:33+02:00 <p>I have always dreamed of having a blog of my own.In fact,I have created a number of blogs that are used for discussing different kinds of problems.However,none of them is the precise reflction of my daily life.And this is exactly what this blog is about.I'm here to share my life with friends from all over the world.<br> Living in a rapid-developing society,I can feel that my life is changing bit by bit.I wanna use words and photographs to track these literally.<br> You may want to say something after reading my blog.I'll be very gratified if you write down your views or point out my mistakes.On all accounts,any comment is appreciated.<br> Managing a blog requires time and constant effort.I'm intending to improve my perseverance by doing this.Meanwhile,making new friends will be an extra harvest. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://charlesgao.blog.co.uk/2007/07/05/about_my_blog~2576905/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>I have always dreamed of having a blog of my own.In fact,I have created a number of blogs that are used for discussing different kinds of problems.However,none of them is the precise reflction of my daily life.And this is exactly what this blog is about.I'm here to share my life with friends from all over the world.
Living in a rapid-developing society,I can feel that my life is changing bit by bit.I wanna use words and photographs to track these literally.
You may want to say something after reading my blog.I'll be very gratified if you write down your views or point out my mistakes.On all accounts,any comment is appreciated.
Managing a blog requires time and constant effort.I'm intending to improve my perseverance by doing this.Meanwhile,making new friends will be an extra harvest.

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