My Grandmother Today is busy. I just came back home. However, nothing can be compared with that I came to see my grandmother this afternoon. Although where she lives is not far from me, I just have no consciousness to see her. The only thing I do for her is buying something and then let my mum bring to her. To be honest, I am not familiar with her. At least, before my 18 years old, my memory doesn't have her. I never lived with my grandmother and I haven't see her often since my parents picked grandparents to the city where I live recent years. This afternoon, my parents bring me to see grandmother. She became too old and wrinkled. The hair is almost white and she seemed shorter. I held her hand talk with her, I cannot use words to describe the feeling when I touched her skin, I knew my tears nearly came, but I fought them down. My grandmother cannot understand mandarin, so I try to use the dialect she speaking. I said" grandmother, you looks so beautiful today." Although my dialect is not standard, my grandmother seemed understand my words and laughed like a child. I enjoyed talking with her. But time flies, I need to leave. At last I huged my grandmother with my deepest love. I regret do not see her often. Although we almost haven't the same memory, we takled less, she is my grandmother, nothing can impede the natural affection . I will cherish the time with my grandmother and see her often from now.

We Are Tiny Part On The Earth I just saw a heading introduced a animal movie, that is, 'we human beings are pests on the earth'. How sarcastic, we human beings always judge other creatures by our standard. Did we really think that who are we or what are we in other creatures' eyes? If there really exist a animal meeting, what will they discuss about human? Like butcher?terrorist? destroyer? We always take everything for granted, because we are the only creature with high intelligence quotient on the earth. So we are the kings in this world, we can do everything. However, the earth doesn't belong us, we are only tiny part in it. If one creature can die out on the earth, how can we have the confidence that it cannot happen on the human beings? In my opinion, if people do not change their attitude, it just a matter of time. Sharing a happy news, do you see the picture below, do you believe this picture taken by the macaque itself? Yes, it is true and the macaque from Indonesia now is famous around the world. Look at the picture, how happy it smiled! Hope all creatures can live in a harmonious way.（In case you are interested in this new, here is the link http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20110706/452263.html）

Waking Life Recently, I watched a film called Waking Life. I really like its translation name in Chinese, 半梦半醒的人生。This is a special film which is really different from what I watched before. The young man seemed to come into different kinds of dreams ( From I watched all, I thought the man was already dead and all the dreams were his brain work) , from one place to another, meeting many different and strange person. The young man just cannot distinguish whether he was in a dream or in a reality. There is an interesting statement, in a dream, you cannot turn off the light　 I am interested in dreams. I bet many people have the same feelings as I. That is, sometimes, we can control our dreams. After reading someone's book about dream, I know these kind of dreams were called lucid dream, which are high level dreams. In these dreams, dreamer have abilities to control themselves, such as moving, thinking, judging...So that is too hard to distinguish between dream and reality. Nietzsche said, our world is eternal transmigration . Every second in our lives repeats a thousand and one times . Some day, lives will appear again according to the way we experienced before. Another great person said, people never know what they really want, because we human beings only have one life, which can be neither to comparing with previous life nor to correcting in next life. Only one life, just like you never exist ever. Another concept introduced in this film, in short, when people died, there are still about five minutes the brain can work, but the short five minutes in people's brain could be a long time in reality world. That is amazing. This film contains many topics, I feel confused about many of them, but one is never too old to learn.

besides, but, except,except for,excepting,apart from I always confuse the usage of these, besides, but, except,except for,excepting,apart from, it just seems similar for me. How to use them in a correct way? Thank you very much!

And some lining for our stomachs. What does the lining here mean?

the Old Summer Palace During time in Beijing, I had been to visit the Old Summer Palace. My previous impression of this place just came from the books and movies. Walking in this garden myself, I could feel a strong comparison, the lonely ruin stand still surrounded by great overgrown trees, seemed speak something to people passed by. Looking around, no building is undamaged. From these ruin, you still can imange how glory they were. I didn't know what the inside feeling of these aggressors when they plundered recklessly and set fire here. Did they even feel a little guilt? I do not want to write more ont how cruel aggressors are. Everyone have known this fact already. When I saw recovery model what this place look like before destroying, I was totally astonished. How big work it was. The emperors really knew how to enjoy their life. How many ancient Chinese people had joined in this work and how many of them had died in this work? How many broken families at that time? How many sad stories? I still remembered this scene in the movie, when the French and British soldiers attacked Beijing, the emperor just ran away with his wifies regardless of normal people's life. Gunpowder was invented by Chinese people and in the emperor's penetralium where put the advanced firearm, but they just didn't make use of these. The ruler just had a short eye sight, putting much energy on how to enjoy the life, never thought the danger from outside. As Confucius says, 人无远虑，必有近忧。（A man without distant care must have near sorrow, is this right which I found on the Internet) So for a county or a person, if we don't do anything to improve ourself and just seek ease and comfort life. No matter how strong you was, you will be beaten by the following. That is what we can learn from history, the high pay history.

耶律楚材 During the time visiting the Summer Palace, there was a place called 耶律楚材祠 which interests me. From the guide machine, I knew 耶律楚材 was an important minister in the period of the Mongol empire. In Qing dynasty, Qianlong emperor prepared to build this imperial garden and found 耶律楚材's coffin here. He made a decision that built a ancestral hall in the same place for him. So I had a question why in the imperial garden can have a person's coffin from other period? This person must have a graet achievements which worth Qinglong done this. So I searched this person on the Internet. I read many materials about him, sure enough, he was a great person. He read many many books from his young time and he was good at astronomy, geography, calendar, mathematics, medicine and almost everything. Although he was a important minister, that was not his purpose. He just wanted to use his power to save his country and more people. He always told the truths which was good for his country and people , never afraiding of putting into prison or beheading for his truths. About him, there are many things can be say. I just wrote a few about him because I also need to use time to read him. One sentence of his one poem which give me many feeling,不知何限人间梦，并触沉思到酒边.

Don't box me in.是什么意思呢？