ABLE WAS I ERE I SAW ELBA

Terry's father said that we had already stepped into the hottest period in WH. Unfortunately, that is true. Dare you come around on streets without any covering materials in the middle of the day? For your own sake, just stay at home and enjoy your fancy tomato chips and cold drinks then, if you are still belong to normal ones. However, a tiny mistake nearly drove me crazy the former day. The result is that I took a 3-star level shining bath when I clung to "bus 11" between two bus stops. God damn it! All that I pray for is a cup of icy-tea and a suitable living condition!

Well, track back a little time earlier. Classmates from junior high-school got together and shared a hot pot dinner. 4 M and 2 FM, limited scale but cheerful. The singing part was good, at least I was introduced to some interesting songs--CAN'T TAKE MY EYES FROM YOU & DOUBLE WOULD BE EXACTLY RIGHT. We had a lot of fun, really.

About the DISNEY STAGE PLAY--there were 3 stories all together: PRINCESS SNOWWHITE AND SEVEN GOBLINS; CINDERELLA; MONSTER AND BEAUTY. All the performers were foreigners except two Asian faces. Well, the special effects like fogs and lights were pretty good if you treat yourself as a little boy. I gave my opinion related to Cindy's step-mother during the buffet time later. Anyway, one should not limit his or her angles in considering problems.

Well, for the funny part, I had to mension the bug(NG section)--Cindy's second sister dropped her fake hair during the play and ran into the back stage with two hands tring to shelter the barehead. One more thing, the shape of performers' mouth matched to Chinese, not English! That was impressing, in other words, they were professional!

After the buffet, YX and me met sales promotion. Hip-hop dancing, singing, violin playing and funny acrobatics came after one another. I had nothing to say about that shooting section--it was the basketry which determined the destiny of the shot, not the shooter. It reminds me an old saying--they are knives and chopping blocks while I am the fish on them.

PS: the female host was quite nice-looking, hoho~~

Tomorrow would be different.

I'm curious about my new classmates(new colleagues maybe), new teachers and this familiar and unfamiliar campus. No more than 2 monthes ago, I fulfilled my tasks here, in floor 6. This time, the same building, while the floor comes to 3.

I've no idea how hard it could be, anyway, at least it would not tore me apart as Mathematic Analysis did years ago. Well, as far as I am concerned. The curriculum might contain such contents like the usage of Excel, the basic asknowlege about Auditing and some information related to our company.

Oops.

Time flies, so fast to catch.

I heard a saying goes like--It is God who wash the cards, while the player is us. Quite interesting, isn't it? I believe so, and I wish every tomorrow would be a new mile-stone to me, step by step, reaching my final destination.

See ya, my past.

Goal, from now on! 

Who is the father of the western-style food, France or Italy? As far as I am concerned, the answer is--Buffon, not Henry. Well, luckily I had the honor today enjoying my dinner in FAVOLA--a seasonal Italian cuisine prepared in an open show kitchen, also features a great bar,wine cellar, private dining room and chef's table. And this so called FAVOLA locates on the 8th floor of hotel Royal Meridian.

About one year ago, I used to live here for 3 days. You know, the sightscene looks great when you are standing beside the huge windows, the eastern shining pearl, JinMao towel or whatever, they are all painted on the glass square. For me, those experiance are my valuable treasures, allways.

Here come to the main topic.

Before this dinner, I've never taken a whole sorted Italian meal. So, I possessed great anticipation to take this, to enjoy this.

Aha, the first round is BREAD. Some Italian bread with hard envelope featuring 3 kind of jam--tomato, chichen liver and seafood flavor. They also provide vinegar and olive oil, if you like.

The second round comes the so called ANTIPASTO.

Selezione di antipasti della casa；
Assortment of seasonal antipasti

To tell the truth, these ANTIPASTO taste just so so, not my type, really. I just can't forget how sour those black olive taste.

All right, the main dishes finally uncover their veil, including PIZZA, STAKE and COD.

Selezione di antipasti della casa；
Assortment of seasonal antipasti

goose liver featuring beef stake

Bistecca alla fiorentina con spinaci saltati al limone；
Grilled Australian veal T-bone steak with sautéed lemon spinach

Cod dish

Stinco d’agnello con purea di patata dolce e barbabietola arrostita；
Braised lamb shanks with sweet potato, parmesan, white truffle oil and roast beetroot

Having taken all these, the final round is the dessert.

Torta di ricotta della nonna con cioccolata e composta di fichi；
Baked ricotta cheese cake with chocolate chips and fig compote

Do not mention the cost performance when you are having a dinner in western-style, just enjoy it. Remember, you are not eating food but the environment and noblelike services. That's my opinion after all this.

Well, I do hope that I can enjoy this kind of meal whenever and wherever, someday soon perhaps.

Within 17 hours outside home, I took a single-trip the other day. The destination is 3 hours away in bus, yep, that is Hangzhou which is wellknown for its West-lake, Longjin-tea and cloth materials.

Above all, I followed the guide to 5 scene spots--West lake, the tomb of Yue-Fei, Song City, Lin-yin Temple and Yellow dragon cave. In my point of view, all these places are of the same and has nothing really inspiring.

Well, it was 5:45 when I left home--so early, only to promise that I will be on time--in fact, I waited around the meeting spot for an extra 30 minutes. After the phone call, I took a mid-bus to the train station. Took the driver inside, there were 12 people all together. But only the 3 tourists' family group from ChangChun took the same bus with me. The girl in green shoes left me some impression, but, she looked different from her parents.

During the trip to HZ, I heard some music and watched the video of GuoDegang. It took us 3 hours to reach HZ. What's embarrasing, the traffic in HZ was awful. 

Finally, the first stop--West lake--came into my eyesight. To talk about its beauty compared with East lake, the only point is the willows around the lake.

Then, all the people sailed 40 minutes in it. I saw the Lei-feng Tower and the famous triple altars. After that, we headed to the tomb of Yue-Fei. There, we rested a bit and viewed memorial statues and pictures. We all know that YF's mother wrote 4 words on his back. However, one of the word is mis-spelled--GUO. And this mistake was in conscious, because his mother would like to rectify it after the success of the motherland defending war.

Something unexpected happened the next stop--Song City. Before that, we were introduced to the selling section--some silk made facillities. Inside the city, all the people were wearing in the old style.

Actually, those buildings and hills are all set up by nowadays' people. I also heard that many TV series took shot there. Anyway, the most interesting thing was the marrying experiance. Nothing to hide, the truth is--I was that lucky bridegroom.

Because of that, I could wear the wedding clothes and ride on the horse. See, here is the photo I took on horse.

Since this wedding process, I failed to catch the tour conductor. So, I had to take another bus to Ling-yin temple and I missed the tea-drinking process. Sometimes you have to choose, sometimes not. In my point, there has no pity to me--Riding is better that drinking.

The final destination were Ling-yin temple and Yellow dragon cave. Everything was under control and I walked alone here and there. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge my camera battery, so maybe I lost 3 or 5 scene pictures.

--Ling-yin Temple

--Yellow dragon cave

That's it.

Very tired, very hungry and it was not until the clock turned its hands to ten and half when I reached my home in SH.

This lovely experiance in single brought me a quite memorable experiance.

Thanks God. 

The very Email has come, Cris declared every detail. What's surprising is that there are 39 receivers in total. You know, that means I will meet at least 35 new comers in the training programme.

The original copy lies follow:

Welcome to Ernst & Young!

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2008  Ernst & Young Accounting Conversion Programme (EYAcCP). This is a basic accounting programme aims at providing you with a good knowledge of double entry bookkeeping and PRC accounting regulations and principles.

• Course Details

You will attend the EYAcCP in the following location:-

Room 306, Wejin Building
Shouyi District, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
No.114 Wuluo Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan

中南财经政法大学, 首义校区
文津楼, 306号教室
地址: 武汉市武昌区武珞路114号

Dates:        Monday to Friday,  21 July - 8 August
Time:        9am to 5pm

•  Training material and stationery

All training material will be supplied to you during the course, please ensure you bring the following with you:-
-Stationery set
-Note pad/exercise book for taking notes
-Calculator

• Punctuality

It is vital that you arrive on time in the morning, from lunch and tea breaks.

• Travelling Arrangement

You will make your own way to the training venue. If you need to travel by air or train to the training venue, we will provide you with further details in a separate email.

The SMS that CSW sent to me this morning assured that three of our classmates gathered together in HANGZHOU. That would be fun, because there appears another place where you can treat as a harbor.

Farewell.

How many roads must a man walk down, before that people can call him a man?