Park in the morning I went to a park to practice my photography yesterday morning, and I was so surprised that there were so many people in the park at a such early time. Most of them were old people. Some were dancing, some were singing and some were playing chess. I felt quite lonely, for I didn't belong to any of their groups.

Help vs Thanks Today I met a man from Scotland at the railway station, which is also a subway station. He was asking to the crowds loudly in Mandarin and English how to get to another railway station in my city. I think he might be in hurry, so I told him the way. He told me that he came to China to do trading business of zips, and he was going to Yiwu tonight. He invited me for dinner for thanks, but I am really not good at these things. So I declined him.

Star gate I watch star gate atlantis series every day from last month, and now I'm watching season 4. (it's quite weird to use the same verb 'watch' in the same sentence). I look forward to SG-1 series!

Integrity I had a quarrel with my dad concerning real estate today. My family plan to buy a downtown apartment which is quite expensive, and many real estate agencies call my dad every day. Dad wants to buy an apartment whose price is really cheap, and the price is quite impossibly low for a downtown apartment. I warned my dad to pay attention to the agency, as many real estate agencies will cheat their clients by selling some illegal apartments. But my dad chose to rely on the agency and blamed me for thinking too much. I feel really hurtful. Why integrity is so hard to find in China?

どうしよう 長い間に全然日本語を話しませんが、残念です。来年の11月にまた京都に行く予定があって、もし日本語がだいぶ忘れたらどうしようよ。紅葉狩りを思ったらわくわくしますが、やはり日本語の練習が必要です。明日から、聴力からね！

Travel I'm quite worried about my upcoming journey in Korea and Turkey in October. The flight will transfer in Korea and I will take use of the 24 hours transfer to visit Seoul. But I know nothing about Korean. I hope Japanese language could work there, for there are many Japanese tourists. Also the journey in Turkey is quite challenging as well! I don't understand Turkish either. Hope that I could find some local people understanding English when I want to ask for help. Amen.