The day before yesterday I saw a series of story which is the adaption of a Chinese novel.The story presents the reality of Chinese society during the period of upheaval from 10's to 40's of last century in Chinese history by focusing on the depiction Fu Hai(the main actor)'s life.The author may intend to evoke audience's sympathy toward the lowest class of people represented by Fu Hai living in that period of time and motivate audience to make more exploitation about that period of Chinese history.

Interestingly,as I am reading books about intraculture and cross-culture,I appreciate this TV show from cultural perspective...(unfinished)

Less and less SARS cases are reported every day.More and more people took off their masks and walk out of their fear towards SARS.Gradually smile reappears on people¡¯s face.It is really promising.

During this hard time people¡¯s lifestyle seemed to have changed.People who are always on the go now find more time to stay home and enjoy reunite with their familly members. ¡°Coach potatoes¡± now spend more time doing exercises to strengthen their physical well-being.Many people adjust their eating habit to eat more healty food and less junk food¡­SARS seems to have rung the bell to warn people to develop their ability to survive.

Students also benefit from this hard time.As classes suspend,students have to stay home or school and do self-study.In the past,most of the students learn by relying on their teachers.They only learn what their teachers teach and never know how to study by themselves.This hard time forces them to develop an ability to study by themselves in order not to lag behind their fellow students.They attend lectures via Internet and ask for help from their teachers via telephone.To me one of the most important abilities students need to develop during their schooling is self-study ability,which will be benefit to them life long.Now some schools have resumed classes,I believe students will learn much more than they used to with their new developed ability.

SARS caused many lives,and we mourn for them,yet it also left us many things worth seriously thinking.

Taking bus every day provides me opportunities to observe other passengers around me.It's kind of fun actually.

Most of the passengers keep silent on the bus.Some look out of the window,lost in thought,some take a nap and some read newspapers or books.Occasionally,some passengers talk in a low voice in order not to disturbe others.It is a joyful journey on the whole.

However,there're some exceptions sometimes.Some passengers talk and laugh aloud,totally sinking in their own enjoyment and inconsiderate about people around.Some kill their time by picking their nose.Oh my!It's disgusting to me though I know it's none of my business.But I'm sure it's not a decent manner in the public situation.

Also on the bus I tend to pay attention to the shoes people wear.Some people's shoes are rather dirty,which indicates s/he is an untidy and slovenly person.It is always said that "to judge whether a person is neat or not,you've got to look at his/her shoes--tidy person wears shiny shoes while sluggish person dirty shoes."

This update may seem sort of illogical.Anyway,I wish people will pay attention to their behavior and appearance when in public.

¡°If you want to learn a language well you have to ¡®sleep with it¡¯.¡±

About this I wrote yesterday that if I had to ¡°sleep with it¡± in order to learn a language well I would choose English to ¡°sleep¡± with. And I also wrote that I was not the kind of person who would make use of anyone as a tool to learn his language. Instead I would first love someone as a person and then love his language and wished to be first loved as person too and then my language would be love.

Later I thought more about what I¡¯ve written.It seems that it is more common that a person usually loves and learns a language other than his/her mother language first and then fall in love with someone who is a native speaker of that language s/he is learning no matter whether the love is a coincidence or an intention. Language is an indispensable part of culture. To love a non-native language could be said to love the culture that language belongs to as well. The love that someone has for a non-native language and the culture it belongs to may, to some extent, strengthen the love that s/he has for the person whom s/he loves and who was born in that culture and to speak that language. For two persons coming from two different cultural backgrounds and speak two different languages, is it possible for them to build solid and everlasting love based on tepid interest in each other¡¯s language and culture? I would say without love for each other¡¯s language and culture their love would likely experience more risk of shattering.

Well, this may kind of contradict to what I wrote in the first paragraph. Anyway, I¡¯ve learnt English and the culture where it is spoken for years and have already thought that I¡¯ve married to English emotionally. Will I some day get married with someone from this culture and speak this beautiful language? Who knows?¡­

Here's a poem by e.e.cummings.Anyone who reads this update of mine please post your understanding,your comment or whatever comes to you mind about this poem here.I'd like to share your point of view about it.Thanks!

One X (title)

death is more than
certain a hundred these
sounds crowds odours it
is in a hurry
beyond that any this
taxi smile or angle we do

not sell and buy
things so necessary as
is death and unlike shirts
neckties trousers
we cannot wear it out¡­

Do you think you know or understand your friends well?You may think you do or you may not.If you think you do, in what way that enables you to know your friends well?

Gradually I've come to realize one thing, that is to read what my friends write(of course I refer to those who like writing)is one of the best ways to know them,and I prefer my writings to be read by my friends,my close friends,thus they may know me better than they think they do.

Friends do not always like to listen to you.To me, writing seems to be the best way to speak my mind,to express my inner most thoughts and feelings and is the best way that I converse with MYSELF.When I am forgotten and left alone, at least there's still someone with whom I can communicate.

Chinese is my mother,
English is my husband,
And French is my lover.

Culturally,I'm doing a research about "cowboy".Anyone who read this update please say something that you know or feel about this term,such as its history,its relation with American culture or the comments about it given by people from American or non-American culture or whatever you want to say about it.Many thanks!