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Farewell lunch for a lovely Norwegian girl

10 Years ago, I lived on campus- Chisholm College.

A very pretty Norwegian girl invited our floor mates for farewell lunch.

“Sounds great, I love it.”

When I went to the Uni canteen, my friends were queuing up in front of the canteen counter paying their own meal.

“Is that real?” I wondered, “We have to pay ourselves?”

In China
In my memory of China, when I attended birthday or farewell parties,cheap nfl jerseys, I bought one gift, the host would definitely provide a nice meal.

Aussie friends' birthdays

Once more, the time I attended one Aussie friend’s birthday party, my friend’s siblings, parents, relatives and friends were invited.

To my surprise, each guest paid own dish including my friend’s family members.

That would be the great honour if my friend received cups of free drinks in the restaurant from the people who attended the birthday party.

Once more, on one Aussie girl’s birthday, I bought her a gift, she bought guests drinks and entree platters for share, but I would not expect a free main dish from her —I’d pay my own.

In China

However, In China, the birthday person or married couples will pay for everything from entrée to the main meal, dessert, fruits, drinks  even cigarettes.

In return, cheap snapbacks, guests will either buy a luxury gift or simply gives him or her red packet for Lucky money which is most popular.

In recent years, it has become increasingly stressful for both sides.

Because the food is getting better and more expensive in the restaurant which also causes the burden for guests as the red packet is becoming bigger and bigger, and sometimes it occupies a big percentage for a low-income earner.


My childhood- Chinese New Year

One of the biggest things in my childhood was Chinese New Year’s Day as I could have a few days’ feast at my Uncle’s house. (Well, that's because we usually didn't have sufficient food available that time, so New Year's day was the happiest moment.)

I do appreciate my Uncle, Aunt and others who spent the efforts, cheap replica oakleys, time and energy for preparing nice meals: 2 big tables for adults and 1 small table for kids (total around 30 people).

For Aussies, you might be surprised about that, we did give them some unprepared food and contributed a little bit cash.

Whereas we didn’t give them help except chatting, eating, playing cards, listening to the live music some relatives' playing.

Christmas Lunch with one Aussie friend's family

I used to take it for granted until I attended a Christmas dinner at one Aussie friend’s house, then I realized how comfortable life that was.
For a Christmas lunch at my friend’s place was pretty simple, it was like a potluck, each household brought a few dishes for share.

The Aussie family did organize very well beforehand, for example, one family prepared roasted meat, another one made desserts, or someone brought fruits, snacks, wholesale nfl jerseys, the rest prepared salad or cheese platter etc.

At the end of the day, everyone brought leftover home, so it’s simple and easy, which won't take a huge amount of time for the host.

In Daily life

When I had dinner at restaurants with one girl friend who has just been back from China, she insisted on paying for my part, but I said:“Let’s just split the bill, I prefer a simple friendship.”

Because we don’t have to remember that we owe each other a meal, then one day we might have to arrange the time to buy back the meal.

For splitting the bill, we can meet at any time, any restaurant, even someone else can join, which is really easy and flexible.

Chinese tradition

In China, someone with overseas' background, or young generation, or people who work in foreign-run companies are likely influenced by western culture- paying for themselves when going outside with colleagues, classmates and even friends.

The elder generation, cheap nfl hats, the Chinese culture lovers have the idea that men are supposed to pay ladies for the restaurants as they think men should be generous, look after ladies.

“That’s so mean, ask a lady share bill with me? No, I pay for all.” I would expect my dad absolutely say that to me.

I know, he’s a very traditional responsible most kind gentleman.

In China, when close friends dining out, it is quite normal, one person paying for this time, the others paying next time in order to keep a long lasting friendship, sounds good idea.

My experience in Australia

In Australia, from my experience with Aussie good friends,cheap oakley sunglasses, we split the bill, I am used to it actually and pretty much enjoy it.

Cold wind

Time proves the best vow that we have made. In the quite deep night, the wind blows on the face, yet not that cold, it tells the story of life. Whenever we feel a must to be alone, we more or less get that feeling which is the moment that we should think seriously.

On the way home, I still see leaves of willows hanging there. Probably, some days later, they completely fade away, leaving only naked branches. Winter often catalyses the process of being chilly. It is not cold, if we really face it. Hotness of the summer sometimes gives us the illusion the cold days are not there. We may just spend time having the current days. While we realise its coldness until the turning point that all of things are ready for the imminent winter, we sense that is the over of summer and the arrival of winter is already on the corner.

The temperature freezes the mind, and the flows of memory become more clearly as if they repeat the old days and as if we were living in the past. God knows. We are still here, standing on the ground. Some guys could be more fortunate to promote, others are still wondering in the puddle. Everyone was born in the different background of family and education, cheap jerseys, we gain to be unique and are doomed to be sailing to different destination. Yet, we come across many people and friends, strangers and passers. All of those man are only part of experience combined into the entire life.

Leaves will decay and livings will suffer the weathering and finally convert into rocks and sands. Thoughts should be stored into those sands and recount the legend of every common being. Whenever I put away files and take the rest, I sink into the pondering of none being which stands for everything that I might run into my mind would be the film of my own treasure. Backward, I was the guy, moving on, I am going to be the another one.

The greeting from a Long Time No See friend, sometimes, just stirs the ripples of memory. A sudden fellow who comes to be in the middle of the could either cause the painful rethinking or the warmth of friendship. Some pages of my note books now still deposit the dandelions as the ideal specimen.

my first footprint in this website

The ring of Gyges I
There was once a shepherd named Gyges in the service of the rule of Lydia. There was a gaint thunderstorm, cheap fake oakleys, and an earthquake broke open the ground and created a chasm at the place where he was tending his sheep. Seeing this, he was filled with amazement and went down into it. And there he saw a hollow bronze horse. There was window-like openings in it, and peeking in, he saw a corpse wearing nothing but a gold ring on his finger. So he took the ring and came out of the chasm. He wore the ring at his usual monthly meeting that reported to the king on the state of the flocks. And as he was sitting among the others, he happened to turn the setting of the ring towards himself, to the inside of the hand. And when he did this, he became invisible to those sitting near him, and they went on talking as if he had gone. He wondered about this, and fingering the ring, he turned the setting outwards again, and became visible, So he experimented with the ring to test whether it indeed had this power,cheap snapback hats, and it did. If he turned the setting inward, he became invisible, and if he turned it outward, he became visible again. When he realized this, he arranged to become one of the messengers sent to report to the king. And when he arrived there, he seduced the king's wife, with her help,attacked and killed the king, and took over the kingdom.
Having squandered my time for the sake of some temptation, I finally and fortunately found a plausible way to get out of the backwater. Without the basic common college student's social practice, I need a way just to say something, conforming to the rule and calming down to think of my own life.
Morality and law is a everlasting topic in human history. This story can be a good starting point,cheap oakleys, though a little superstitious and increadible. What's more, a well-known conclusion following that those who act in conformity with the moral code of their society do so because they lack the power to do injustice.It's more about hypocrite and saint. Further study is going on.

The ring of Gyges II

  In our modern society, we tend to act in conformity with morality, to make sure our reputation be a better one. But if there were a ring, as the ring of Gyges, making you invisible and then,cheap nfl jerseys, what would you do by utilizing such a tool? What is the nature of morality and justice?
  The question that we need to consider in the story of the ring of Gyges, is how people woulld act if they were perceived identically, regardless of how it is that they genuinely behave. If your act of immorality were invisible to the world, if you could behave immorality and nobody would see you, so that your reputation remained unscathed, how is it that you would behave? We might end up with behave immorality and that will showcase a fact that we just want to be seeming morality.
  An intersting and meaningful experiment,cheap hats, devised by Batson, to find the relationship between real morality and seeming morality, shows an amazing statistical outcomes. It shows that most of us would behave morality when we feel being observed by somebody, even yourself in which case you can put a mirror in front of you when you make a decision. And many people may feel guilty when they did something selfish directly. But if you find a way to comfort your selfish decision, for example, flip a coin to decide who get the better chance, you tend to be composed and self-satisfied.
  That is plausible and make sense. At most time, we follow the rules unconsciously, wholesale jerseys, affected by our environment and cultural atmosphere. If we disobey the rules, we may be punished by others.And seeming morality seem to be true in reality. Lust is endless and we need to explore the nature and our souls.Further study is going on.

Where to find fantastic beats

"It's so depression that I have to go back to no-magic world." This was my first idea when the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was finished. For I have not seen the cheap ncaa jerseys series of Harry Potter and other books written by J.K Rowling, I was little confused with some plots. But it would not reduce my favor of this film especially the world of magic. The film tells a story which happened in 1926. Newt Scamander, a young wizard from the UK, arrives in New York with his strange suitcase which filled with magical creatures. However, his suitcase is switched with other's accidentally and the magical beats escape and make a mass in New York city.While Newt is hunting his cheap soccer jerseys, he also has to deal with problems from MACUSA.
 "I don't think I'm dreaming. For I don't get the brains to make this up." is my favorite lines. Thanks for J.K. Rowling and others' work, I can travel such fantastic world. The imagination, I think, is one of the reasons why people are the lords of creation. Human dream the life they want and then try to create it with cheap MLB Hats. That is why I could sit in the theater and enjoy the movie. Everyone must have his or her own imagined world which we can find that cheap nba hats plenty of fantastic beats are living. 
By the way, where is my wand?

The Way to Keep Healthy

It is important for us to be healthy in our life. We can't study or work well with a healthy body.
There is no doubt that there are many ways to keep healthy. First of all, we should keep taking exercises every day with cheap nba jerseys. For example, we can jog for half hour after we get up. What is more, every afternoon, we can spend an hour in gymnasium. In addition, we can walk instead of taking a bus when we go to work or school. Secondly, we should have a balanced diet. We should eat more fruit and vegetables, of course, we should also eat some meat to replenish energy and protein with nfl jerseys cheap, only in this way can we have the energy to study and work. Finally, we must remember: early to bed, early to rise is the way to keep healthy, wealthy and wise with cheap nhl jerseys.
In a word, the body is the capital of the revolution, health is the wealth of life. Therefore, everyone should take care of yourself.

My Feelings About Long-distance Running

Long-distance running is always a nightmare for me. In fact, I love sports.But when participating in long-distance running, I feel my lungs on fire and it's really suffocating. And that's why I hate long-distance running.
I had a PE lesson yesterday and I took part in the long-distance running exam. I had to finish the 1000 meters' running within four minutes and ten seconds, which is never easy for me. I tied my cheap snapback hats again before the exam began because I was afraid that I might need to tie my shoes during the exam.The exam began and all I wanted to do was to finish the exam as quickly as possible. The first 150 meters' distance was quite perfect but I just couldn't help breathing heavily with my mouth widely open even I remembered that my friend had told me not to do so during the running. During the remaining part of the running, I had nothing in my mind because I was too tired to think of cheap oakleys. I felt that my feet were not mine any more. Finally I finished the running but unfortunately I finished the running within four minutes and sixteen seconds, which was six seconds longer than the limit and cheap mlb jerseys means that I didn't pass the exam. But to be honest, I never want to take part in the 1000-meters running any more.