(Translation) Russia Joins Chinese Bank The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) became a central topic on Boao Forum for Asia. President Xi said the AIIB’s establishment had been being personified. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on the Forum that President Vladmir Putin had decided to apply for AIIA. President Xi stated that China had to initiate system for regional financial cooperation proactively, construct communication and co-operation platform for Asian financial institutions, push forward development for the AIIB, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and other multilateral financial institutions to supplement and coordinate. Other aspects of co-operation included strengthening currency stability, investment and financing, and credit rating. Edging forward toward multilateral mechanism construction by Chiang Mai and creating regional financial safety system were of prime co-operation. Founding countries reached 30 China’s Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that Netherland, Brazil and Georgia intended to be one of the founding members of the AIIB and submitted a written confirmation. Officially confirmed founding members have risen to 30. According to the official Weibo of CCTV, Australia’s Financial Minister confirmed to apply for AIIB on the Forum yesterday, saying membership was to be applied today. Taiwan’s attitude toward membership has been explicit. Former Vice President Mr. Xiao Wanchang met President Xi before the opening of the Forum. He stated that Taiwan had an intention to do so. But the name for application is worth bilateral discussion. The United States and Japan have remained shilly-shally about the membership. Adopted from: http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20150329/00178_005.html I promised to write an article each day. But I did not come across good topics today, I did a translation from Chinese to English instead.

Good Bye Zayn Malik (Con't) Zayn announced to drop out of Manila’s show and flew back to London alone the next day. He announced to leave the band a week later. The one in Hong Kong became the last show of 5-piece One Direction, we were lucky to witness it. A public figure’s life lacks of privacy, every move is being caught on camera exposing to the world. Life of a 22-year-old should be carefree but not being judged by others. I absolutely understand his decision and his desperate desire for living ordinarily. I want to say a massive thank you to Zayn for everything he has done for One Direction so far. Thank you for all the laughter and tear delivered to us. I respect your decision and appreciate your spunk of being true to yourself.

Good Bye Zayn Malik Yesterday was probably a heartbreaking day for worldwide One Direction’s fans. One of the members, Zayn Malik, announced to leave the band. Four of them remain in the band to continue the tour as well as record the fifth album. I came across to One Direction 2 years ago. Honestly, neither their music nor they was appealing for me. I could hardly recognize their faces and names initially. I remembered saying “another teenage boy band with solely handsome faces.” to my bestie on our way to school. My girlfriend said giggly that I would discover their charm and be fond of them soon. Things went exactly on her script: I found their music catchy, lyrics were expressive of teenager’s thoughts, and their smiles were healing. I turned out to be a fan, not a crazy one, of One Direction. Niall and Harry have always been my favorite among the five of them. I love Niall because of his spontaneous personality and being a guitar player. Harry is always a heartthrob for many fan girls. His affectionate dimpled smile wins my heart. The only complaint to him is his seriousness towards a relationship. Zayn gives an impression of being nice, quiet and sometimes humorous. Being a British Pakistani, Zayn’s sharp facial features, especially the long and curvy eyelashes and the pair of magnetic and deep brown eyes, drive me jealous of. My bestie and I had the most excited Wednesday last week. We went to One Direction’s On the Road Again Tour 2015 held in Hong Kong Asia Expo Center. The show was supposed to start at 8pm but turned out to be at 9pm. Our tickets were of standing zone, we arrived at 4:30pm to line up. Four out of the five members performed agitatedly, singing to, talking with and cheering fans up. Zayn appeared to be weary and sad, however. Halfway through the concert, Zayn burst into tears. I could see tear streaming down his face. Being a professional performer, he composed himself in flash to keep the show went on. The show finally came to an end after 90 minutes. We returned home with contentment and excitement.

My way of learning English Sometimes people love to encourage others by saying “your English/Mandarin/Japanese is good.” Clearly, no one hates or resists applause and being thrilled to hear it. However, I believe learning a language is a life-long process. No one can easily praise himself/herself being excellent. The more you have come across to, the more unknown you found unfamiliar with. I fall right in this circumstance. We have been learning English in Hong Kong since being at kindergarten starting gradually from alphabet, vocabularies and grammar. Learning English was a torture for me when I was in primary and secondary school. Grammar was definitely the most miserable part of learning. I used to think why on earth I should learn grammar. They are nothing but boredom. However, I regret not having studied hard. My English foundation turns out being thin and not concrete. I am trying to figure out what measures I could take to sharpen and consolidate my English. First, I bought a grammar book believing it is useful to strengthen the foundation as well as clear my unfamiliarity to grammar. I am increasingly fond of delving into it. Second, I have started to read BBC news every day and other periodicals regularly, like Time. Reading time is a challenge for me because content cannot easily be comprehensible. I understand it by re-reading few times or sometimes I get nothing sadly. Third, I try to get myself exposed to English every day by carrying out regular habits, such as reading and listening to BBC radio. I wish to habituate writing an article every day and seek someone’s advice, comment and correction. I aim at speaking and writing like a native speaker someday, despite sounding challenging and ambitious to me. I believe in practice makes perfect. People are magically good at turning uncertainty or impossibility to reality. The more time and efforts you have devoted to your goal, the more you will be paid off. Passion for something accelerates process and multiplies results.

Using participle I'm still confusing about using participle in writing. I know what we should use that sometimes, but I can't figure out sometimes, especially when Im reading BBC news or other sources of reading. For example, 'despite inflation dropping to zero, it is unlikely we...' And 'with the monetary policy committee still alert to the risk of very low inflation becoming entrenched, a rise...' Can anyone here help? Thanks in advance!!:)