Sleepless night It is still dark outside because the sun is sleeping right now. I hav e waited 4hours and counted all the sheep, but tireness has not come to me yet. I am busy these days. Paper. Interview. TA. I begin to doubt about my decision quiting the job at the accounting firm.A big accounting firm which offered a satisfying salary. I wanted to do something but the plan was entirely ruined. It's nobody's fault, merely because everything is wrong.Wrong time, wrong place. In the past spring holiday I took care of my baby sister. She is a lovely little angel-like devil. She called me last night and told me she missed me. I missed her, too. What all I want now is to finish all the work and come home, play with her, cook for her, read books for her, build a snow man with her, sing a song for her before she goes to sleep. Too many worries come to me.But I know I can solve all the problems out and carry on！ I am not aggressive and ambitous,but too afraid to make any mistakes in my life. It is perfectism, isn't it? Hope that all of you sleep well at night and have sweet dreams.

Everything will be fine I'm Yu, in Beijing, waiting for the first snow this winter. Even Egypt has snowed, how can Beijing fall behind? The coming Christmas and 2014 without snow will not be perfect! I love winter the most not because I love snow but because I was born in winter, so I was given the name “Yu”, which means “shine”. It sounds warm and bright. Bad news come one after another, and spread fast. I have applied to several graduate programs but the results turn to be not very good. Can I have Christmas gifts, Santa? All I want is merely a letter starting with “Congratulations!”. I have already hung a Christmas stocking on my mail box. Can you see it? I must leave Beijing when I graduate from university, but where should I go to? I have to think about it. Aside from the desperate waiting, I get an internship on workday and a part-time job as a math tutor at weekend. The intensive work makes me feel like a superwoman! But I don not like it. I thought I can do something more interesting but the plan just can not be carried on for some reasons. What a pity! Just feel like an athlete with full preparation hoping to start a contest only to hear the referee say “Cancel!” Can you feel that? I feel really down these days. Although I try to behave as if I am happy in front of my friends, but few of them know how I really feel. I received lots of presents on my birthday but I still can not feel really happy. The rejected letter, the unrealized plan and the endless work push me to move forward. Everything will be fine.

Can not be worse but is going to be better The opposite of love is not hate. It's ... ... Nothing good happened this fall and winter. It's the coldest time of the year, and the darkest time of my life. It's the very time for me to taste hope and disappointment, smile and tears. So many obstacles are waiting for me in the future. All I can do is protecting my dream and moving on. Maybe I will fail thounds of times before I succeed, but I am not afraid of trying. I do know that life is full of rises and falls, everyone ought to be strong and brave. At first, I need a listener, even need not to be a friend, just listen to me. Sit still infront of me, silently. Listen to my stories, real feelings. It can be dangerous, because you never know what kind of person he/she is, whether he/she will capture your weakness and put you at an inferior position. But I'd rather choose to be frank and kind. Once get hurt, it can be extremely hurt. I am taking the risk, but I'm not afraid. However, at last, everybody around is so busy that no one stop for a while and listen to me. I don't know to whom I can turn. The only one I can rely on is myself, even in hopeless condition, what I can do is to push myself and step forward, without guide, companion, support ... ... A monster always comes into my dream and tries to steal my hope and dream, but I combat with it and protect my dream carefully. I can't live without them, dream and hope, they are everything I live for. I will meet a better myself someday, somewhere. "If I should meet thee, after long years, how should I greet thee? With silence and tears." Good late night.

Nothing to worry about Many friends of mine are preparing for graduate admission examination. The majors are various and we are going to study in different countries. I begin my daily reading practice, though it is not easy for me, and the beginning seems too weak to be half of success,at least it can make up a quarter of success. Wish we good luck! Besides, I hope I can keep exercising for mini marathon. Although it is mini marathon not a real marathon, it means a lot to me.

汉语的繁体和简体 首先说明一下我是中国人，只是很好奇一个现象： 汉字简化以后很多人（我是这类人其中之一）只会读繁体而不会写繁体，而且有的繁体也会看不懂。所以很想知道：用繁体的人，会读简体吗？会写简体吗？ 汉字还真是奇妙啊！只是我觉得简化以后的汉字就缺少繁体字的象形美了，真是遗憾。谢谢大家的回答！不同的想法在一起，真的很奇妙！^ ^谢谢可爱的 @brook，@leo1972，@-刘-，@yingguoning，@dodo，我不知道怎么一一回复给大家，真是抱歉，不过还是很谢谢你们！ 那大家学习中文，不论是作为外语还是母语，看的书都是横排还是竖排？从右往左还是从左往右？我看的书是横排，从左往右的！~

Enjoy your life: milk with pickled plums I have been studying in a cafe near my house after work for almost a month. Tired but happy, because I can order various tasty food there instead of cooking at home.I love cooking, but I cook for myself only when I am not tired. I love spaghetti but I don't like the sauce on it. It is too sour for me. I love sauce made of cheese, because it tastes thick and a little bit salty. Bacon matches with cheese well. I am not a vegetarian, I can not live without meat. I am not picky about food. I only eat a steak well-done. I like sashimi, a kind of raw fish slice always go with soy sauce and wasabi. By the way, I like sweet soy sauce better than salty soy sauce because it tastes better. Wasabi is spicy and it looks green. I never eat something weird. Someone thinks that Chinese eat everything alive. That is not ture! At last,I would like to share a way to eat sweet-sour pickled plums, it can reduce the sourness of pickled plums a lot. It's not a traditional way, I find it! Try the way before ensuring the pickled plums you have are brown and dry, that is the kind of pickled plums I talk about. When you are in China and happen to find pickled plums, don't be afraid, I know it can be extremely sour. Don not hesitate to take a small bag of pickled plums and, the point is, don not forget to buy a bottle of fresh milk. Put these pickled plums into the milk and let them stand still for several minutes. The exact time you need depends on how well you want them mix. The longer, the better. Buy make sure it will not go bad. Then, you can have your pickled plums flavor milk. The milk is not tasteless anymore and the color is slight brown, like Latte with much milk. And the plums are not as sour as before. Don not forget to share the tip with your friends if they face the similar problem. Cheers! P.S. If possible, I want to post some pictures of my favorite food and share the ways to cook. With detailed steps and tips, I promise you will love it!

Why does my oral English become worse... I know I didn't take enough efforts on English learning, but how can it regress so rapidly?!