Today, it is the first time for me to shop around in a large mall. The mall is so large that I think maybe we will cost a whole day to see it all over. I have a very familiar feeling when stolling in the mall, which is just like that I am in a big mall in big cities in China such as Shanghai and Wuhan. Before this time, I was not awared that there are the same places for shopping in the United States. I thought all American just buy their clothes in stores like Target. How foolish I am!  Anyway, now I find the places which will make my honey happy, :). And another thing which should be mentioned is that after lots of rigorous training, I can now walking around the shops for several hours without feeling tired, en, great!

 

 

Here, thanksgiving day is one of the most important holidays in the United States. Maybe it is just like the mid-autumn festival in China. Every person will try to go home and celebrate the holiday will his family no matter how busy he is. I can see few people in the street this night, and most of stores are closed.  It therefore seems that the whole world stop running this night. Oh, what a peaceful night!

However, it is a big pity that I am not able to eat a turkey. Because neither can I eat a turkey by myself for it is so big, nor I can cook it well, I have tried to find someone who are willing to share his turkey with me. Unfortunately, I didn't find such a real-heart man. wuwu:(  Anyway, someone is willing to pick up my roomate and me to do shopping at about 12:00am. We therefore will be the earliest bird to find insects to eat, although I still don't know what to buy. Let me just take a look at the black friday.

Another thing which is worth celebrating is that I finally work out the assignment for my math course. I learned more from the procedure even if it is sometimes very painful. Just as an old saying: no effort, no harvest. What is more important is that I know now how to face a very very difficult problem. A good attitude should be: never give up, try any efforts you can make, for example, to look up lots of referrence books, to ask instructor or classmates for helps, to search internet for clues... The first one: "never give up" should be emphasized since it is the base for the following work. 

Happy holidays! After the holidays, the winter break will come soon which is really worth expecting. Is it right, baby?

Due to the unpleasant feeling caused by the PDE assignment, I haven't leave message for several days. Now the thing is becoming better, I have almost solved the question. It feels good.

This semester will end soon after the Thanksgiving day. En, it is a little unbelievable that I haven't come to the United States for about one semester. Here no much difference from the life in China, except for the fast life style here. One things follows another which you have to finish before a certain time. But anyway, I am become familiar with this kind of life. And I can still enjoy the pleasure of lives by doing exercises after strenuous work. The feeling is good to do physical exercises after brainwork.

Thanksgiving day, hoho, it seems to be a big holiday for the American. All groceries are putting turkeys full of the shelves. Unfortunately, both my roomate and me can't figure it out how to cook it properly and , on the other hand, their prices are not very cheap. We therefore give up the idea to cook it by ourselves. Other two chinese guys, a couple, have bought a fat turkey, may be will be able to share it with them if we can discard the shyness, hoho. This thanksgiving day, however, will not only be a happy holiday for me since I have several hard projects to finish, wuwu~~     

The assignment for PDE is so boring! I am almost upset by it......

It begins to snow outside, the winter is coming.

Volunteer, yeah, volunteer. Several days ago, when I was asked what are the most interesting things before 30 years old, one of the things I said is to travel in the beautiful natural scenes in China. However, I have changed my thought now because I find another very important thing I want to do. It's to be a volunteer and to help to teach the poor children in depressed area, for example, in Yunnan province or in Qinghai province. I don't want to go to Xinjiang because it is dangerous and neither Tibet because most of the students there will learn Tibetan language about which I know nothing. Just think if I can be a volunteer and stay in Yunnan for 3 months, I can not only get the special experience, but have the opportunity to visit the beautiful scene at that place which is an extra bonus.

I have read some description about the lives of volunteers at western districts. I therefore know it is not very easy to insist on for a long period. No internet, no signals for cell phones, even no electricity in some place. Can't have a bath for more than one month, can't eat meat for dozen of days, etc. Although I will lose something there, I am sure I will get much more than what I lose. It will reflect from the happy sight inside those children's eyes, it will also reflect from the splendid landscape there, and what does mattter is the spiritual satisfactory deeply inside my heart.

It will be better to do this thing as soon as possible in respect that I may lose the enthusiasm of a youth after 30.  It, however, is hard for me now because I am not in China. But in some case I can do it and I will do it. 

在科学研究领域，有一条准则，叫非常不寻常的主张要有非常不寻常的证据，你要推翻现在大家公认的理论，你要出示非常不寻常的证据才能让大家相信。 

按科学界惯例，实验结果如果其他实验室能够做出独立验证，才有说服力。

－－方舟子

Now there is a flood of comments about the bird flu throughout the news mediums. H5N1, the highly deadly virus, seems to be preparing to attack human being as a whole. The epidemic situation of bird is spanning all over the world through the migration of transient. First in the East Asia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Korean, Japan, then to the Europe, Russia, Greece, Romania....... Until now, no more than 200 people have infected H5N1 and more than 50 of them died. It's really a little number, right? But it is only the beginning. Maybe you know the great epidemic flu in 1918 at the end of the First World War which caused more than 50 million of people died in the earth. It is possible that we are on the edge of another calamity caused by epidemic. No one can prevent the H5N1 from aberrance, and no one can tell when the H5N1 will be able to infect from person to person. Facing the threat of the Naturel, the strength of human being is always nearly negligble. God bless China, God bless the human being!

After a whole day's streneous work, it is always a good relaxation to do some exercises. Sweat pour down the body as I try to strength my muscle. Then, after taking a shower, I will go to have a swim. It is very comfortable to immerse my whole body in the warm water. Today, I tried the free style of swimming again. It feels good in spite of my awkwardness. Obviously, I am making improvement. I think, may be only in a few weeks, I will be able to master the free style. After the swim, it is a perfect time to have a sauna, I feel very relaxing to do all of these exercises.

Because I am from a family which is at the bottom estate, so I have a strong "love knot of turf". I am born in a farmer's family. I lived my childhood in a little village until I was six when my father came back out of commission from the military. Because my father was a captain before retirement, he had the opportunity to settle down on a little county with our whole family. Then I became a child living in the "city", even if it is only a county. There are many differences of live style between in the county and in the country. I could feel it clearly when I went back to my village. When I was ten years old, my relatives in the village were still using lights of coal oil. It's much harder to live a life in country, I can see it, I can feel it. After tens of years life in the county, I became a student in a university. Then I went into a city, the real city. It means I can have a life of oppidan. But I am not very happy for it. 

Due to the experience of my live, I can tell the whole society status in my country. At the time I go back to the village where my relatives are living, I can see their travail and pain. When I go back to my home where my parents are living,  I can feel the live is very easy but no one has an aggressive heart to get a great achievement. They are just satisfied with what they had. When I go back to my university, I feel very comfortable. Because the life is as easy as in a county, but I still have an enterprise to do something. So I like the life style in that city. However, I know how those people in country are living their lives. So, no matter when I see a poor person in a bad condition, I will be touched deeply into heart.