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Sea of Flowers: Chrysanthemum in Shouyi

由于众所周知的原因，上周我整整玩了一周，以至于我们宿舍的哥们已经习惯了我这个宅男的早出晚归。只在新生报到时候去过的江汉路却在上周有幸逛了两次，四门口更是去了无数次。不得不说，玩的感觉那可真是好，不过呢，玩多了，也就腻了，玩腻了，估计也就想着找点别的事情做做了吧。以至于我昨晚突然发现Hal.Varian的写作艺术，他用浅显的英文将经济学的理论娓娓道来的感觉实在是值得我们去学习啊。不过在这里，我可不想讨论Hal Varian，更多的，我想分享一下首义广场上那菊花的海洋。

不过我那天因为别的事情，去得比较晚，去的时候已近黄昏，很多时候的照片都在背光下拍的，尽管我尽可能做了曝光补偿，不过还是有些许问题。

步入首义广场，你就会看到满地的菊花，站在花丛中的感觉真的不错，呵呵

一把由绿草做成的扇面，中间用黄色的菊花拼成了“菊”字，旁边的篱笆边有一棋局，篱笆上还有几只葫芦，颇有点田园的意境。

给一张篱笆和棋局的近景，看到上面的葫芦了没？

而在另一个草屋面前，则有一根丝瓜引起了我的兴趣。这丝瓜可真是大啊

在广场的四周，有很多用菊花做成的造型，比如牛啊，羊啊，等等。下图是孔雀造型，但是太大了，我只能拍到它的头

而下面这个则是牛的造型，或许是暗合今年是牛年的意思吧。

还有一些小造型也是不错的，比如烽火台，盘龙等等

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最后上几张菊花的微距，由于采光问题，大多比较暗，但是这应该掩盖不了菊花本身的美丽吧

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广场旁边，有一个辛亥革命纪念馆，我从来没有进去过，但是在门口有一尊孙中山先生的雕像。让我们在赏花的同时，也瞻仰一下革命先人吧。

而这是纪念馆的一角，远处朦胧中的则是著名的黄鹤楼

Enjoy Yourself, But Not Others

今天跟一个朋友去参加了一个婚礼，在艳阳天。菜还不错，至少比食堂好得多，仪式也不错，搞得我都在憧憬自己的婚礼了，呵呵，不过这个至少是若干年以后的事情了，先不去考虑那么多了。婚礼上有一个抽奖的过程，很是好玩，之前有一个小女孩给很多宾客（包括我们几个）用数码相机拍了照，然后在电脑里随机抽取。然后抽到的人可以拿到一个暖水壶。我在苏州的婚礼上几乎没有见到过这个情节，想来或许我们也可以借鉴下。在敬酒的方式上，不知道是否是人员构成问题，这里的婚礼似乎没有苏州的那种热闹，大家都在以“民以食为天”办事，或许这就是当地风格吧。

吃完饭坐车去了中南路。由于最近实在是让GRE折腾的有点郁闷，我决定借这个出门的机会好好玩下。车子路过徐东，我第一次看到了徐东的夜景，很漂亮，尽管以前去机场和武广也路过这个地方，但是却从来没有像今晚这样近距离的去看过。第一次知道了那里也有很多的大型超市，有WalMart，有Carrefour，还有正在建造的麦德龙。其实这样看来，武汉也是个很适合生活的城市，如果撇掉它那可恶的气候条件不谈的话。果然是中部地区的一个重镇，这里有着齐全的国际知名超市和品牌商店。是个败家的好地儿。

但是由于我很少出门，结果直接坐车坐过了中南路，坐到了丁字桥去了。不过歪打正着，我突然发现那里汇丰银行门口围着一大群人，跑去一看，他们是在唱歌。这个对我而言其实不新鲜，在数年前我就在苏州公园看到过。但是显然这里的规模更大，而且还有贝斯手。尽管设备只是原始的二胡，笛子和琵琶，音箱设备也很简陋，但是他们却唱的兴致勃勃。我在那里静静的听了几首歌，有《天路》，《咱老百姓》还有歌舞剧《白毛女》。说实话，他们的演唱水平也够半专业了。尤其是高音部分的换声和颤音还有那么点意思，呵呵，不简单啊。其实作为旁观者，我很是佩服他们的自娱自乐的精神。很多的观众也在静静的听着，一曲唱毕，掌声四起，我想，无论是对演唱者还是组织者，这都是最好的鼓励和支持吧。其实这也让我见识到了武汉人可爱的一面。

其实想来这跟我们写博客也有着异曲同工之妙。与专业的站长相比，我们并不会去很关注我们的访客，不去关注我们的博客的流量，更不会去主动迎合读者的口味。因为我们不追求流量和搜索引擎的索引量，更多的，我们只是在自娱自乐。只是希望通过这种方式来展现自己，在互联网站的数以千万计的网页中占有一席之地。但是可悲的是，真正做到自娱自乐的博客主又有多少呢？看看博客论坛我们就会知道，技术已经占据了过多的思维空间了。

有时候，或许我们需要的，就是这种自语自乐的精神和状态，而不是其他吧。有句话说得好，叫做走自己的路，让别人说去吧。

Mid-Autumn Day: Share With My Friends

今天是传统的中国节日——中秋节。古人都有在此日聚友欢庆，把酒赏月，吟诗作赋的传统。但很多诗句都透有思乡的情怀。如李白在《月下独酌》中写道“花间一壶酒，独酌无相亲。举杯邀明月，对影成三人。”而透着点点凄凉；王建则在《十五夜望月》中以“中庭地白树栖鸦，冷露无声湿桂花。今夜月明人尽望，不知秋思落谁家！”中的语句透出了作者的思乡之情。而作为一个离家多年在外的我，淡淡的思乡之情油然而生。在宿舍看着书，听着马思聪的名作《思乡曲》，思绪飘到了千里之外的故乡。而相比较李白和王建，我无疑是幸运的，因为我有了一群很好的朋友。今晚我与他们共度了中秋。

其实今天的出游计划是昨日在吃饭时聪聪向我提起的。本来我还在发愁这个中秋怎么过，而他的提议正中下怀，于是便干脆恭敬不如从命。正好也借这个机会扫一扫最近压在我心头的GRE的阴影。而这两天的计划也就成了连续放松的两天。先是拜我舍友和他女友所赐，去著名餐馆“谭鱼头”大快朵颐了一回，紧接着又跟着一大群死党去过了个很有意义的中秋。

出于价廉物美的考虑，我们在南苑解决了晚饭，这里就不赘述了，说实话，吃饭没什么好说。只是饭菜还是挺丰盛，到底人多力量大嘛（AA制的功效）。

饭后去了下中百买月饼和柚子。呵呵，不知道是中秋还是什么原因，今天超市里的人真是多啊。然后就看到了月饼大减价，那里围了一大堆人。倒不是鄙视一些武汉市民的素质，见到便宜的东西就死命的往前钻，毫无半点谦让的意思，连我站在旁边的局外人都直接无视。哎。。。不就是几个不太便宜的月饼嘛，犯得着么？

后来就去了江滩。看到了好几个人都在放孔明灯。尽管我以前在初中时代的科技活动周上就见过很原始的孔明灯，但是与今天江滩上所放的相比就相去甚远了。还有朋友在江中放了彩灯。以前不记得在哪本书上看到说泰国有专门的水灯节，大家都会放水灯来祈福。而在中秋节放彩灯和孔明灯则不知道是什么缘由了，姑且当作祈福来理解吧。毕竟节日嘛，总是透着那么点喜庆的。

后来他们找了个地方开始玩杀人游戏。但是我对这类游戏实在是没什么兴趣，于是决定好好逛一圈，以感受下节日的气氛，尽管这对我那饱经风霜的鞋子而言可能是个“灭顶之灾”。不过俗话说有得必有失，故暂且也不管赤脚回家的风险了。

不知道曾几何时在户部巷旁边弄了个户部巷风情街。而今天可能是国庆和中秋的原因，我在路边看到了几个所谓的民间艺人，但无论规模和水平都远不及苏州的玄妙观。首先映入我眼帘的是一个玻璃制品艺人。按照我方言的话，他所做的叫做“吹玻璃”，就是用酒精喷灯把玻璃融化，然后做出各种东西来，如小牛，小猪等等，造型还是很可爱的。但是要十块钱一个，似乎贵了点。另一个艺人则是米雕，这个其实比较常见，我也就不多说了。

我最要提的，则是一个卖魔术道具的魔术师。此人的来头不小，好象是组织了一个民间的艺术团，而且参加了2007年的世界魔术师大会，并且和刘谦同台表演过。或许就是机遇的差异，或者别的吧，一边刘谦已经火了，世人皆知，而另一边当年同台演出的伙伴却在户部巷卖道具。他家的道具并不便宜，一个很简单的连环就卖30，而我数年前在苏州“轧神仙”时候看到的是10块钱。据他说，他的魔术扑克牌则卖的更贵，从50到300不等。希望他能有个更好的发展吧。

而在江滩上，一个拿着家用相机和三脚架的老头则引起了我的兴趣。他在给人拍照，然后随身包里带了个佳能的打印机。拍完的照片可以直接打印出来，价格10块钱一张。不过他的参数设置很好，2.8的光圈，0.6秒的曝光，正好可以拍出江滩的夜景。看来有空我也得去买个伟峰的3110A的架子来试下了，用架子拍风景的确是更稳定些，要不效果的确要打折扣。

先写到这里了，不过今天的中秋节的确过得很开心，也很有意义。

Patriotism: Your Home and Your Country

It is hard to tell whether it is the years of political education in China seems to be too boring that the new generation of 80s and 90s are starting to show some antipathy to such terms, including socialism and patriotism, which used to be sacred terms for our parents. And meanwhile, we are caring more on the shadows of our living environment, and we can read more arguments and commentaries on legal unfairness, partially distributed wealth, asymmetric role on medical treatments between those in power and plebeians, etc. Frankly speaking, we are living in complaints.

However, the military review held this morning in Tiananmen Square seems to be a good opportunity to help the civilians to remind of the patriotism. To some person, the patriotism seems to be far from their lives. The military review, though criticized by some reviewers as bravado, does bring people courage and confidence on their livings. A main function for the military is to keep the security of the territories. Though unfortunately, very few people care about the soldiers only when the aggression comes and their lives and wealth are threatened. For those who are prone to pragmatism and regard the military review as insignificance to their daily lives, the floats can be attractive since they exhibit the generality of developments and progress in the past years on both economy and technology.

This reminds me of the home, a simpler organization comparing to the country, but of similar function and formations. More importantly, home owns a coherent relationship to the individual’s life, performing as a harbor for people to avoid the coming tsunami in their life. Like the departments of a country works for the policies on democracy and diplomats, people are making decision with the unit of a home, referring to the investment, daily cost, medical insurance and education for offspring. Under the framework of a traditional Chinese cultural background, as well as the home structure, all parents are making full efforts to promote their offspring, ranging from cloth, diet to education and even marriage.

Thus, even if we are holding the tolerance of ignoring patriotism, seldom of us can forgive the ignorance of families. It is the home, the parents that definitely contributes to our growth and development, and it is the home that brings us the anchor after a challenge to the wave and wind. Loving your home is the initial step to be patriot, and it is a must that can hardly be overlooked.

We are taking the pride of the country, but more broadly, we are taking the pride of our families, our home! They share our passion equally.

H1N1: Is It That Serious?

自从今年春天在墨西哥第一次爆发了H1N1（国内称甲型H1N1，此处简略）以来，世界范围内就开始了第一轮的传播。只是第一轮传播似乎并没有波及到中国大陆。援引大陆媒体的报道，中国大陆出现的似乎多为输入型病例。然后，随着最近各个高校，尤其是北方高校的广泛传播，H1N1这个消失了几个月的关键字再次出现在了互联网和人们的面前。而专家们对即将到来的十一长假忧心忡忡，很多高校甚至于取消了十一长假。

今天武汉的天气很好，大清早就阳光灿烂，但是关于H1N1的消息却不是如阳光般那么惹人喜欢。WHO的总干事陈已经于早些时候承认了第二次甲流的爆发。而北京等地已经开始了甲流疫苗的疫苗接种工作。如2003年的SARS那样，可以料定的是，北京的甲流感染群仍旧是最庞大的。其原因有几个：

北京是首都，每天从全国各地甚至于世界各地来往的旅客非常多，而H1N1本身具有1-7天的潜伏期。在潜伏期内的携带病毒者往往难以发现。待发现时，病毒已经一定程度上散开。在如此高人口流动率，且具有高人口密度的地方，H1N1的瞬间大规模爆发似乎也很能理解。其实这也可以解释为什么日本的疫情如此严重，因为东京等日本城市的人口密度绝不会低于北京。
另一个原因则是新闻管制方面的问题。这个在国内大众媒体是一个“潜规则”，也是往往不敢提的。如SARS在北京的爆发，一开始从卫生部长到各级官员均矢口否认，后来不记得是CNN还是ABC把数据给捅了出去，而且其时北京疫情已经相当严重，无法继续隐瞒，才不得已公开。记得SARS爆发后的第二年，也即2004年，美国Science期刊，一份科学类的顶级学术期刊上曾有一个短讯，报道了中国两位学者曾对中国的SARS疫情进行了流行病学调查，并写成了报告投递给了英国的一份重要期刊。但是三个月后作者却要求撤稿，理由是“Governmental Regulations”。这样的管制后果是严重的。广大不了解真相的市民往往会忽略自我保护的必要，从而大大增加了感染的风险。

相比较城市的爆发，高校的爆发可能会有更严重的问题。自从1990年代末中国高校开始扩招，现在中国的高校已经人满为患。一旦在高校中大规模爆发，其扩张程度将是令人乍舌的。早先香港学校的爆发，以及现在中国北方的爆发都说明了这一点。其实除了人口密集问题，高校还有一个更严重的问题，那就是行政效率低下以及后勤保障落后。这点在武汉等二线城市的高校更加明显。试想，在大规模爆发之时，各项指示和工作无法按时传达和执行，大学医疗机构缺乏足够的专业人士和医疗器材来应对，后果将如何？诸位不言自明。

但是令我们感到惊奇的是，与墨西哥一墙之隔的美国，对于H1N1的反应却出奇的平淡。尽管美国各州感染人数大幅攀升，CNN等大型媒体却永远没有将其作为一个流行话题来报道。而我美国的朋友对此的反应也颇为平淡。H1N1在他们眼里不过是一个平常的感冒。我想这与他们本身的个性和美国高级的医疗保障有关吧？毕竟治疗H1N1的“达菲”正是从美国进口，而中国现在则是以紧急情况为由而直接复制，否则我等国民根本无法抵御在知识产权保护下的药品售价。这就是为什么我们的感冒药效果总是不是那么理想，呵呵，谁让我们用的是20年前的东西呢？

Personal Website in China: How Far Can It Go?

China, quite an unique country that owes dual standards on the information regulations. That is, the restriction on the public discussion on some political affairs and issues tend to be mitigated when there are some large international conference holding, like the passing-by Olympics. But for other days, all these restrictions remain. The access to various websites, including blogspot.com, wordpress.com, and facebook are totally abandoned. However, the restriction can be far more than this if you are holding a website for yourself, and unfortunately, you are using a domain hosted by Chinese companies and they are settled on a server in China (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are excluded). The government can offer you strict supervising especially when you are writing political articles.

Bill, a good friend of mine, who is also a fan on programming and internet, stopped his website recently due to the delete of his account by his ISP, 000space. Unlike the previous accidents that he suffer, his confidence and courage on working for his cheerful site eliminates. A notice about this has been put under his domain. I am quite depressed to see this happen, with the reason that, the blogs that we build-up, as the only free space for our minds and thoughts, has gone totally. I really cannot tell why he can suffer this, illegal contents? That cannot be a good answer, since he is a man that never overlook the protection on copyrights. The only explanation can be available is the attitude from the ISPs overseas to the customers in China.

As is discussed above that when constructing a website in China, more broadly, constructed by Chinese citizens, the web site needs to apply for a license from the government as well. For blogs, there can be some additional measures besides the basic one for all the websites in China. The absence of such a license for the website in China can be serious:

The space host for your website can stop the service of your site unless you successfully applied the license for it. It is a sufficient way to enforce the webmasters to apply such license. Still remember the crash in 2005 when plenty of website were closed in quite the same period?
If your domain is hosted by an agent in China, they can stop your service as well due to the similar reasons. What’s more, your domain can even be forbidden and your whois record be deleted when the regulator regard it as necessary. Several examples like this are available through the internet.

Based on these reasons, most webmasters take the following steps to avoid the supervises from the government since it can seldom bring managers benefit but only trouble.

Take the international domains, but not the Chinese ones with ‘.cn’ at the end. With suitable coupons, the annual fee for a .com domain can be as cheap as 3 to 4 dollars, or even cheaper. And you will never have to worry about the stopping of the service unless you are willing to.
Host the websites overseas. For most webmasters who are not willing to apply for a national license, this is quite a substantive way. Some wealthy managers can purchase paid spaces for their sites, but for the others like me, we can only afford the free space. Then the problem on the stability of the website comes. Some websites can be deleted only depending on the mood of the ISP and you can hardly get any compensation from them. There is quite a large opportunity that you must hold, especially for the users of free space.

It is really a hard job for the webmasters in China to maintain their own sites. It is a kind of job that can hardly bring in any commercial benefit especially at the very beginning. The only factor that promoted the development of such sites in China is merely on the persona interest. I really don’t know how far the website for the Chinese web managers can go? More practically, how long can my blog maintain? It is a difficult question to answer.

As a final, wish all the web managers good fortune and enjoy the pleasure during the challenges to the difficulties.

Wal-Mart in Suzhou: A New Branch

今天下午去了趟现代大道新开的沃尔玛分店。该店实在是新，新到了连沃尔玛中国的官方网站上都查不到它的踪迹。随着这家沃尔玛的开张，这个区域内大型超市已经形成了。其中有世界排名第一的Wal-Mart，有排名世界第二的Carrefour，以及法国超市欧尚和一家本土超市。真不知道这些经营者为何去如此选址，显然这不是一个很好的经营策略。因为这种选址会导致产权外化（Externals of Property Rights）会非常严重，当然，从一个整体来看，这些Externals可以相互write off，但是对每一个经营者而言，这种外化显然会带来经营的风险。

我与Wal-Mart的第一次接触是在2005年。期间我在南京上学。当时每每去新街口，Wal-Mart总是我们的最后一站。我们会在那里采购大量我们的日用品，然后带回仙林。其实现在想来，我很是佩服当年的勇气，如果现在，我难保会不会有那个勇气带着一大包东西转公交车。况且经历过的人都知道，70路公交车的拥挤程度永远是一场噩梦。

至于第二次的接触，则是在Honolulu。当时是我从购物中心出来，却跑错了方向，而误打误幢遇到了一家山姆会员店和Wal-Mart广场。后来带给朋友们的礼物多来源于此。其实数年前在南京Wal-Mart的感觉并没有让我对这个世界第一大超市有什么感想，毕竟他的货物，服务，价格等等与其他超市，比如金润发（苏州叫做大润发）并没有实质性差异。但是这次却大大的改变了我的看法。美国Wal-Mart，的确如其网站所展示的那样，货物玲琅满目，而且很多商品都是1，2美元的小东西。同时，货物涵盖很全面，从钥匙扣，CD一直到笔记本电脑一应俱全。而且人气非常高，在Wal-Mart绝对可以看到在美国难以见到的排队景象。

今天的苏州Wal-Mart之行，则是我第三次接触这家超市。步入园区的这个超市，崭新的货架，以及Wal-Mart那具有标志性的蓝色色调给我留下了很深的影响。但是我实在是搞不懂这个店的店长为何如此急匆匆的开业，在外部装修和内部装修都没有彻底结束的情况下。不知道谁来为顾客所可能遭受的慢性笨中毒来负责呢？其实这家店应该目前是试营业状态，经营问题还是很突出的。主要有：

物价偏高。相比较与周边的Carrefour, 大润发，欧尚和家乐福，目前他们的物价实在是没有什么让人心动的地方。据我的观察，面包，糕点的价格都不低，日用品的价格也并没有优势。不过曾有文章表示中国的落后的物流系统很大程度上制约了Wal-Mart的发展。或许正是这个原因削弱了他们的低价吧。
货物并不充足。我很容易注意到很多货架有售罄的情况。事实上，在Wal-Mart今天的人流情况下，这种情况不该出现，或者说，他们后勤人员并没有及时把货物补充到货架上，而且货架的服务员和导购员设置混乱，过秤处长队现象明显。或许这也是他们试营业所需要发现的问题吧。
收银员素质低下。注意这里我不是说收银员的人品，而是讨论其业务能力。说实话，我实在难以把世界第一大超市同一名动作缓慢，容易出错，且不会使用顾客信用卡的收银员联系起来。真不知这种工作效率如何面对中国春节之前的购物狂潮，呵呵

俗话说，千里之行，始于足下，希望苏州的这家Wal-Mart一路走好，给苏州市民提供更多的实惠和帮助吧。

Flight Change: An Alternative Choice

There are only 3 days left for my summer vacation due to my schedule of going back to Wuhan to continue my preparation for GRE and my admission to the graduate school. Everything seems quite okay and I am just wondering what to do as my plan when back. But everything changed when I get a short message from the China Southern Airline that my scheduled flight has been delayed due to some reason to 9 p.m. And two choices are offered: I can either accept the change, quite arbitrary, or to cancel that seat.

If there is nothing urgent as my classmates, such as GRE exams, I would directly postpone this flight but continue to stay at home. But now I have to go back on time, since I don’t want to suffer the same situation as that happened in June. A direct consideration on train directly draw me to a check on the timing schedule, but unfortunately, the only train to Wuhan would be arrived at 10:30 p.m in Hankou, no earlier than my flight.

While fortunately I get the flight from qunar.com, a famous search engine in China for hotels and air tickets, that there is a 300-yuan ticket from Xiamen Airline to Wuhan. Though it is a bit expensive and I have to go to Hangzhou to take that flight, it is acceptable, comparing to the price that can be twice of much from other airlines. Wish this flight would not be cancelled. I really don’t want to stay in a bar at the airport for hours.

So I firstly asked the refund from the China Southern Airline.

And then make an new order from Xiamen Airlines, frankly speaking, their website and ordering system needs to be improved.

Comparing to the delay that I suffered, the informing in advance is a progress on their service, but in fact, some compensation to the customers should be offered as well according to the conventions of airlines overseas. For this, the companies in China needs to be improved. And, why not send me an email but a short message to my cell phone?

Staying at Home: A Review of My Summer Vacation

It is getting more difficult to remind myself of the old times when I was still a boy that was interested in wandering around the garden in my grandma‘s house and playing some tricks with my friends. In fact, I am getting more and more preferred of staying at home or the dorm, spending the whole day on writing, reading and PC games. The summer vacation this time follows this ‘tradition’ thoroughly that I spent quite little time of going outside.

The mere reason for this staying comes from the GRE failure. That is, I would have to spend more time that I firstly anticipated to prepare for that exam in October. Memorizing the words and phrases in a glossary for GRE is not an easy job since you have to revisit the words from time to time to avoid them from being forgotten. In fact I doubt myself sometimes why I made the choice on pursuing my PhD program overseas, which lead me to the dilemma at present. But once it is determined, okay, just go forward. The exam in October is to be my last chance in Wuhan. I do admire the atmosphere overseas since my visit to Hawaii last year.

The rearrangement on time for the GRE exams totally abandoned the plans that I made previously which involves reading classical literatures and visiting some parks. I even prepared an annual card for my travelling. While, what a pity, the card was used for only once when Jiang and his wife came in July. The books I ordered from the Amazon are also put aside. In fact, I was just willing to take some study on economics and accounting theory in this summer originally, aiming at preparing for the PhD entrance exams in China. However, the fact is quite apparent: they are all substituted and occupied by the GRE again.

I am scheduled to be back to Wuhan in September 7^th, too many affairs are waiting for me. Perhaps, it is also the time for my change of the living style.

Liquor: Can they mean everything?

Quite occasionally I earned a chance to talk to Yin, a staff working in Ernst & Young. After the accomplishment of the talk on some professional issues, we turn to the capability for liquors. In fact, in the past few years, quite a lot of my friends and colleagues have tried to persuade me to improve my capability for this, while, I did very little improvement in this.

I don’t know if it is the influence from my families that provokes my situation today. My daddy is quite a good drinker and he can drink quite much wine during some banquets, including the birthday ceremony for my relatives and wedding ceremony for my friends. Perhaps I have seen too much occurrence on the unconsciousness from the persons who have drunk too much, including my daddy that I hate the drinking from my heart. Thus I keep the record of taking no wine since my birth, and it lasted to the graduation from Nanjing Normal University and my admission to the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

I don’t know if it is the tradition and convention in Hubei that breaks my recording of this. I started to take some wine following the suggestions from my friends. Though my capability for that today evens shows to be embarrassed and even a girl can beat me undoubtedly on a battlefield of drinking, I suppose no further improvement on my capability on this. Perhaps it is my chillness on alcohol, a special attitude that renders my limitation on this. And such limitation definitely drove me to the rejection of the wines, even champagne during my last trip to Hawaii, but only the acceptance for juice, which, under most occasions, are prepared for girls.

But the limitation can definitely bring me quite a lot of trouble on my job seeking, as many friends suggests. Given China as an example of the Eastern Asia where people pay adequate attention the relationships among the individuals and banquet are taken as a main communication channel for both family and commerce, drinking is undoubtedly to be a good and sufficient way to get closer between persons, no matter whether you are a custom or a manufacturer. Mr. Li, a friend who is working in Eastern Airline of China,, showed me the importance of drinking if a willing to be a manager is considered. And Yin also provides the similar conclusion to me tonight. More importantly, she showed me the importance also applied to the girls, but not only the boys as I initially suggested.

However, the healthy problem and disease that are accompanied by excess drinking cannot be omitted. Too much input of alcohol can lead to problems on lungs and several surveys shows the significant relationship between the drinking and the lung cancer. But why do so many people keep on drinking even if they are fully aware of this potential threat to their health? The reason can be simple: they want succeed. In a competent world nowadays, succeeding on career means too much, good income, better housing condition, and excellent medical care and so on.

While, can drink be the only sufficient way of communication? The answer is definitely negative. There are some other ways, including Golf, tennis, and others. And why not choose some other activities that can reduce the threat to our health? We are considering the success to our career, its okay, but at the same time, pay attention to your health.