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Hot. 39 degree?

I have meetings everyday.  Today meeting is especially different as I have to meet up 30 locals to discuss about the project.  I was quite worried before the meeting as I might not be able to understand the slang and jargons.

To my surprise, I handle it with ease. 

Peoples in the north west are introverted and are not tactful.  They tend to get emotional during discussion and I could easily interpret as an argument but in fact it was just they way it is.

They are introverted as compared to the coastal cities whom have travel and move around with ease such as my ancestol. In Xi An or Shananxi they are trapped in their locality and sheldom move around.  Over the year it makes them careful in their action and less bold.  However, they are frank in nature.

It will take time again for me to re adjust to the people here.

I need to ADAPT.

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Xi an has not changed much…… in the city area.  It is slightly cleaner at the street and the government spend resources to ensure the streetscape is presentable for the World International horticultural exposition.  Guess this is the next greatest event after taipei’s international floral expo.

But outside the city, there are development is all direction.  In particular at the wild goose pogoda area.  It was totally transformed and big player likes Westin hotel is coming in.

I was in the wild goose pogoda last night after a hearty meal of indian cusine.  Yes, due to the wild goose pogoda, there is steady indian tourist visiting it and in the same street at the western end there are south east asia and indian restaurants.

I practiced my pottery here too and hope to picking it up again.

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I am glad that I am sitting here having my breakfast in my hostal this morning.  I have finally make it to Xi An!

The protest and commotions from the passengers still ringing in my ear at this moment.  Beijing International airport afterall was clearly not up to the marks for crowd control.

I was re-routed and stop over at 中卫before coming over to Xi An, the entire trip from singapore to Xi An took 19 hours!

I have never near the desert at the north so this could be a blessing as I could survey from the airbus on the extend of the desert. 

I had a good sleep last night. 

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I thought I could re kick start my oversea trip blog.

I am at the airport keying this blog. 

Thinking of living in Xi An for the next 2 months …. XIAN(tired).

I have explored most aspects of Xi An at last several trips but the urban condition and the weathers turn me off.

I was there last week and the weather is going to be hotter. 

At night I could have hardly any energy for night activities and there werent any places that interest me. 

Thus, I would probably stay in and carrying on with works.

Or perhaps I could blog about this boring trip…

That would give myself reasons to explore Xi An further.

So bear with me folks…….

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I thought I could re kick start my oversea trip blog.

I am at the airport keying this blog. 

Thinking of living in Xi An for the next 2 months …. XIAN(tired).

I have explored most aspects of Xi An at last several trips but the urban condition and the weathers turn me off.

I was there last week and the weather is going to be hotter. 

At night I could have hardly any energy for night activities and there werent any places that interest me. 

Thus, I would probably stay in and carrying on with works.

Or perhaps I could blog about this boring trip…

That would give myself reasons to explore Xi An further.

So bear with me folks…….

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Ingredients:

Big cucumber*1,

Tomato*4

Onion*1,

Garlic* 1 clove,

Olive oil* 1 table spoon;

Parmesan cheese powder*2 table spoon,

Seasonings:
Thyme, Nutmeg powder, Basil, salt, pepper * flavor to your taste

1.     Peel, cut lengthwise and slice the cucumber.  Slice the tomatoes also,
2.     Fry the onion and the garlic in the oil, add in salt and pepper for the flavor
3.     Use an baking pan, spread the fried onion at the bottom, put down the tomato and cucumber slices, top with the seasonings(spicies, cheese posder, salt and peper),
4.         Preheat oven to 190℃, bake 25~30minutes or till the cucumber become tender.

You can try this recipe on other squashes/melons, give it a try and tell me what you get J
材料：

1條大黃瓜、4顆蕃茄、1個洋蔥、1瓣蒜頭、橄欖油1大匙、帕馬森起司粉2大匙、百里香、荳蔻粉、羅勒、鹽及胡椒適量
作法：
1.      將大黃瓜削皮去籽剖成二半後切薄片，蕃茄也切薄片備用。
2.      用油炒洋蔥及蒜頭，加入鹽及胡椒調味。
3.      以一個可以烤的淺盤，先舖上炒好的洋蔥作底，再舖上蕃茄及大黃瓜片，均勻地灑上述香料、起司粉、鹽及胡椒。
4.      將烤箱預熱至190度，烤25~30分鐘，即可輕鬆上桌。
以上的香料用的全是乾的，在一般的超級市場都可以買得到，至於大黃瓜及蕃茄切的厚度，會影響到烤的時間，所以要稍微留意一下。這道菜吃得出洋蔥的甜味、蕃茄的略酸、起司粉和香料的淡淡的香味，我們家裡的小朋友也很喜歡。其實以同樣的作法，有許多瓜果類的蔬菜，也可以這樣來作。

多吃蔬菜 有益健康！

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剛剛聽電台,說家庭主婦 called housewife.. but nowadys there are more and more men satying at home to do something like a hosewife done,so How we called them?–>househusband > . And we could use a word to cover housewife or househusband, it is “homemaker”.

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     Where are you from???

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         There are two kinds of people:the poor and the rich…

         Nowadays the poor are poorer while the rich are richer…

         It is a raw deal for the poor are being treated unfairly…

         Recently,the industry has slimmed down…As for a company,it is a necessity to slim the workforce to benefit itself in the long run so that the bosses are richer and richer.As for the workers,they are laid off so that they are poorer and poorer…As a consequence,the rich are richer while the poor are poorer…

         For the poor,they are out of a job…They have to cut down a old suit and make a new one out of it for their kids to cut down expense…What is worse,they are willing to limit expense to what they can afford…As the day goes on,the balance in their accounts is nearly 0 yuan…That means they has run out of money…Then they cannot afford kids’ school fee and their kids have to draw out of school…You know, a man without a good knowlege is likely to get a hard job…So it is hard for their kids to change their life by a knowledge and there is a slimmer chance without a good knowledge…Maybe they would be poor from generation to generation…Even poorer…

         For the rich,they are richer and richer…You see,they always squeeze the poor workers out,which accounts for their richness…Of course,they have too much money to spend…They are wondering how to cost their money and make full use of their weath…But few of them will help the poor with their money…Do you know the Project Hope?Actually,the source of the money are from the kind-hearted people,not all from the rich…Only the poor will know the poor…Even though some rich people used to be the poor…

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     I am on my winter vacation…I have had got more than10days off…During these days,i have done nothing…I would be nervous when i wasted too much time…I am in trouble with how to pay my focus on my study again you know i did little homework…

    I am a seinor student ,you know.I will be face with the university entrance examination in 2010.I have to study.It is all what i can do and must do at present.I am a top student in school…But nothing is best…and everything should be better…That is why i have to study.For i want to go to the best university in china…

    I have to devote myself to study…I must do…You know,the education system in China is different from those in other countries.China has the largest population in the world…And this calls for its kids to study well to get a good job…Many graduates are faced with the pressure from the jobs…You know that the industry has slimmed down so that many workers are out of a situation,and there is a slimmer chance to get a good job…Many mothers have to make new suits out of old ones for their kids to limit expense to what they can afford…What is worse,some families are not able to support their kids to study in school…China is poor…Its man is poor…

     My parents are both office workers in Chinese goverment,I am lucky that i do not have to care much about money…But i have to study…It is my duty…

    Study!Study!Study!

                                                                                 Lovely Lily

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