<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153</id><updated>2011-07-07T15:24:44.323-07:00</updated><category term='shoes'/><category term='cooking'/><category term='Korean music'/><category term='Chinese food'/><category term='Peking opera'/><category term='guzheng'/><category term='World of Warcraft'/><category term='Japanese music'/><category term='lyric'/><category term='pop music'/><category term='otaku'/><category term='Ferragamo'/><category term='macross frotier'/><category term='Chinese traditional operas'/><category term='erhu'/><category term='Chinese music'/><category term='yangqin'/><category term='suona'/><category 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href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-4864918442714557672</id><published>2010-02-10T16:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T16:58:24.499-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='超时空要塞，Anime，动漫'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macross frotier'/><title type='text'>我中毒了 中了Macross的毒</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;重看Macross Frontier，还是觉得很经典。战斗场景真是华丽丽~~~~依然是看完还得上来抱怨一下。。。我从来没有那么讨厌过一个漫画里的人物，Ranka是第一个，性格实在是太太太恶心了！你以为你走平凡可爱的loli路线用安静柔弱就能得到Alto的全部温情？！啊啊啊 我已经不想多说了~~~ 一路看片下来就是一路的骂骂咧咧啊~~~~这个遇到什么事情都缩起来摆出一副“谁来安慰我鼓励我”神态的sb（对不起 我也不想骂人），我真真是一点也喜欢不起来. 难道只要她摆出这样一副弱态,就该全世界人都来关爱她?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;相比之下的Sheryl被困在安全仓里时闪耀耀的“决不坐以待毙”标榜出了她的性情，让人无法把视线从这样的女孩身上离开。就是闪亮亮的人格魅力啊！Ranka就是彻彻底底的普通，普通的不能再普通的一个loli, 还是那种并无魅力的loli，却因为弱小就能惹人怜爱，而懂事的坚强的就只能换得擦身而过的宿命。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;我还想说的是我真为米歇尔感到不值啊~!!因为Ranka的歌声，你白白牺牲了啊！~~~ 偶滴神啊！难道领便当就是Sniper一贯的宿命！？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;最后还是说一下Alto，放过我吧！一个外形上无可挑剔的男人为什么在感情上会如此摇摆不定！！我不管你对别人是亲情是友情还是同情，该表达的就要好好去表达！如果我认识你的话我会毫不犹豫地赏你两个大嘴巴子然后对你咆哮：请不要在动摇了！当然了，我心里还是觉得Alto对待Sheryl恋人的感觉多一点，何况在22话过后，公主与女王之间的感情已经不是Ranka可以比拟的了！看完此片，我开始鄙视所有的萝莉控了。。。死缠烂打就是loli的招牌活，懂点事好不好！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;剧终那句狗血的“你们是我的翅膀”，让人喷饭。简直是整个片子的最大败笔！！反对后宫啊！这还有什么看头！看了一下午，弄的我情绪激动，真的太不合算了。。。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a 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href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SwhCeA_UQbI/AAAAAAAAAYI/QXXri_l0VBY/s1600/rouyuan.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SwhCeA_UQbI/AAAAAAAAAYI/QXXri_l0VBY/s200/rouyuan.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406644436087357874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this is his girlfriend~&lt;br /&gt;Name：桂圆&lt;br /&gt;Number：W0159&lt;br /&gt;Date of birth：17/8/2009&lt;br /&gt;Female&lt;br /&gt;Standard, 100% blue diamond carrier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SwhCoLlkedI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/GfZhLPPcOxI/s1600/rouyuan+gf.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SwhCoLlkedI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/GfZhLPPcOxI/s200/rouyuan+gf.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406644610730850770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Super 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phone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wipe away the gloomy mood，&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make a cup of green tea and make myself a little Zen~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday night is the SPA night!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-637927948556155442?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/637927948556155442/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-night-is-spa-night.html#comment-form' title='1 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/637927948556155442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/637927948556155442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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窗外一片雪白. 心里很激动地想着, 今天能去踏雪了! 那咯吱咯吱的响声, 已经是怀念了.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;也看到了冬日不常能见的清澈蓝天, 很是诧异.&lt;br /&gt;上次见到已经是7年前了的漠河, 一边开心着一边也感叹着时间的飞逝.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;吃了很多, 也买了不少. 相倒是没照几张, 光顾着看这看那的好奇了.&lt;br /&gt;心里想着, 这样的城市, 还是应该一起回去看.&lt;br /&gt;于是, 又有了新的期待.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-9119214595408977682?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/9119214595408977682/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='3 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/9119214595408977682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;越来越能平淡地看东西，可能也是因为长大了.&lt;br /&gt;但也会突然激进起来, 发现原来还是不够稳重, 离社会太远.&lt;br /&gt;有点害怕将来, 一个人偷偷地无助无奈一番.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;朋友都有了自己的生活, 有时候觉得一个人是多余的.&lt;br /&gt;这更加促使我想好好努力地工作,&lt;br /&gt;因为我想回来, 能在朋友们的身边, 会很快乐.&lt;br /&gt;可能也会有挫折, 但是我还是想去经历很多.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;走的那天, 雨应该停了.&lt;br /&gt;回来的时候, 希望笑声更多.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-1453296084377759945?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/1453296084377759945/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/10-days-in-shanghai.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/1453296084377759945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/1453296084377759945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/03/10-days-in-shanghai.html' title='10 Days in Shanghai'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-6443719402741422184</id><published>2009-02-10T15:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T17:01:27.110-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One Week to GO!</title><content type='html'>Shanghai, I'm back!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's only two-month short stay but I'm still very excited.  At the thought of delicate food, amazing shopping season, warmer weather and of course my lovely family and friends, I just can't wait. The schedule in the first months is fully arranged.  This checklist will remind me of everything I need to do to make these two months the most efficient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Already Did:&lt;br /&gt;*called my stylist to arrange my terrible hair, which hasn't been cut for a long long time;&lt;br /&gt;*found trustful tailor to make my favorite coat narrower;&lt;br /&gt;*asked my mother to buy me the swimming card so I can go swimming with her every morning;&lt;br /&gt;*appointments with potential clients, team members and website designer.&lt;br /&gt;*found printing company&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need to be arranged later:&lt;br /&gt;*buy a pre-paid card&lt;br /&gt;*go to see my traditional Chinese medicine therapist the 2nd day I arrive to check my back pain;&lt;br /&gt;*book tickets to Changchun and Beijing.&lt;br /&gt;*settle down the accommodation and study courses in Beijing&lt;br /&gt;*Anime model search&lt;br /&gt;*buy lots of books&lt;br /&gt;*repair my laptop -.-&lt;br /&gt;*buy ipod earphone&lt;br /&gt;*Go to the suburb and have a picnic~~ or have something nice in a restaurant....&lt;br /&gt;*lots of meals with family and friends!!! :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And tons of print photos from street photo booth!!! *^^*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SZIjWgUQk2I/AAAAAAAAAUI/C_f-EeYEZhk/s1600-h/%E6%9C%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SZIjWgUQk2I/AAAAAAAAAUI/C_f-EeYEZhk/s320/%E6%9C%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301338580907496290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-6443719402741422184?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/6443719402741422184/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-week-to-go.html#comment-form' title='1 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6443719402741422184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6443719402741422184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-week-to-go.html' title='One Week to GO!'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SZIjWgUQk2I/AAAAAAAAAUI/C_f-EeYEZhk/s72-c/%E6%9C%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-6935656691288499712</id><published>2009-02-07T08:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T09:07:52.484-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Rough Start</title><content type='html'>Because of the random inspiration I got from a creative choreography I am working with, I made my mind to start my own career when I go back to Shanghai. I will try to have a studio to do event design and planning. After the crazy brainstorming stage, more actual things need to be carried &lt;span class="word"&gt;into execution&lt;/span&gt; from this month. First thing has to be settled down is the logo design. I guess it's better to leave it to professionals but I also want to see how much I can do. This strong motivation drove me to install the Photoshop Software and started to learn with my great working Enthusiasm.  Very soon I realized that it was really impossible to design my desirable logo with my crappy PS skill.  I know it's just easy to stop and find a graphic designer to do that. But I'm just not  resigned to defeat. After a splendid sleep, I figured out something and here are my latest sample work!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;logo and slogan:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SY4JxUNWgoI/AAAAAAAAATo/VPXa-FWhQbU/s1600-h/name+card+%28front%29+--sample.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SY4JxUNWgoI/AAAAAAAAATo/VPXa-FWhQbU/s320/name+card+%28front%29+--sample.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300184554304602754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically the inspiration comes from ancient Chinese calligraphy. I really love the feeling which the ink and washing drawing bring. In Chinese, the "round" or "circle" means something propitious. That's why most of Chinese family use round table instead of square one. It's a symbol of reunion. I decide to make the logo looks like a round seal, which quite match the business of studio -- design and plan tailor-made wedding/cocktail reception/Anniversary banquet,etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The process of naming is quite painful. I feel very relieved when it's settled down. The Chinese character "锦" originally means luxuriant brocade, as an adjective, it also means beautiful and splendid. "思" means think, consider, used as noun, it means concept and inspiration as well. These two characters are beautiful together, both in writing and pronunciation. They look amazingly gorgeous in Chinese cursive script calligraphy. I only hope it won't sound weird in some of Chinese accents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The letter paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SY4JWNy8cnI/AAAAAAAAATg/8AfNAtLDiCE/s1600-h/Letter+paper.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SY4JWNy8cnI/AAAAAAAAATg/8AfNAtLDiCE/s320/Letter+paper.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300184088726762098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The name of the fishes on the logo is red fancy carp. In China, it's a great mascot in Chinese ancient art of placement--Fengshui. (Chinese geomantic omen). Given the name of "锦鲤", fancy carp is a symbol of fortune and luck. When I decide to add some decoration on the logo, it just came to my mind so naturally. I followed the feeling and actually it looks really nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK for now.  What's the opinion you can give then?  :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-6935656691288499712?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/6935656691288499712/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/rough-start.html#comment-form' title='4 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6935656691288499712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6935656691288499712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/rough-start.html' title='A Rough Start'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SY4JxUNWgoI/AAAAAAAAATo/VPXa-FWhQbU/s72-c/name+card+%28front%29+--sample.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-8125114972735891977</id><published>2009-02-04T14:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T15:27:57.076-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>Kitchen Confidential</title><content type='html'>I was a very terrible cook. The worst thing is everyone knows that except me. When I started my study life in Amsterdam, I made sandwich every morning for breakfast and different kinds of pasta for lunch and dinner. I was so proud of myself. However, most of my Chinese friends here thought I was pathetic. Because they think Chinese people should be able to cook fantastic dishes, which are served with rice. I didn't really care about that. Until one day, when I &lt;span class="en"&gt;noticed a slight &lt;span class="heighlight"&gt;frown&lt;/span&gt; on one of my friends' face when he had my "well-cooked" creamy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;broccoli&lt;/span&gt;, I made my mind to be a good cook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I collected ordinary recipes online and went to some cooking forums to dig some secret homemade recipe.  I combined some &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;ingredients&lt;/span&gt; to create my own cuisine. As usual, I take pictures of these dishes to show my parents and friends the progress I've made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starter--Salad with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="trans"&gt;avocado and shrimp ..Yummy~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYofK1GoXMI/AAAAAAAAASA/9epQXZtHZMM/s1600-h/6.19+071.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYofK1GoXMI/AAAAAAAAASA/9epQXZtHZMM/s320/6.19+071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299082182468852930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="en"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Temaki&lt;/span&gt; Sushi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYogHa675hI/AAAAAAAAASI/EGGMtmQxO9Y/s1600-h/sushi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 204px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYogHa675hI/AAAAAAAAASI/EGGMtmQxO9Y/s320/sushi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299083223412499986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Sichuan&lt;/span&gt; Spicy Fish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYogycLQ0nI/AAAAAAAAASQ/t_97aJdHYdI/s1600-h/shuizhu+yu%7E.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 206px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYogycLQ0nI/AAAAAAAAASQ/t_97aJdHYdI/s320/shuizhu+yu%7E.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299083962483790450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Homemade Korean &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Kimchi&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span class="trans"&gt;pickled vegetables)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYohEKIQ8BI/AAAAAAAAASY/H7yTJ0R7HcQ/s1600-h/kimchi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 201px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYohEKIQ8BI/AAAAAAAAASY/H7yTJ0R7HcQ/s320/kimchi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299084266877022226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See,  I'm kind of pro at cooking. And I actually teach others how to cook and some cooking tips now. I wanna show my parents this impressive change this time when I'm back to Shanghai. Isn't that exciting ? :D &lt;span class="en"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-8125114972735891977?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/8125114972735891977/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/kitchen-confidential.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/8125114972735891977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/8125114972735891977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/02/kitchen-confidential.html' title='Kitchen Confidential'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SYofK1GoXMI/AAAAAAAAASA/9epQXZtHZMM/s72-c/6.19+071.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-1283318654041847840</id><published>2009-01-29T07:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T15:04:52.545-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese traditional operas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese traditional instruments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peking opera'/><title type='text'>When Pop Music Meets Peking Opera</title><content type='html'>Peking opera--Peking opera(simplified Chinese: 京剧; traditional Chinese: 京劇),a synthesis of music, dance, art and acrobatics, is known as China's national opera and widely regarded as the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It is the most refined form of opera and one of the three main theatrical systems in the world. Although it is called Peking Opera, its origins are not in Beijing but in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei. It then absorbed repertoire, music, arias and performing techniques from other operas and musical arts in China and became the most influential and representative of all operas in China. Almost every province of China has more than one Peking Opera troupe. Beijing and Tianjin are respected as the key base cities in the north while Shanghai is the base in the south.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The singer used a piece of famous Peking opera play &lt;Su San Qi Jie&gt;, which I am very familiar with. My grandmother taught me how to sing this piece when I was a little kid. The music simply reminds me of happy days back to 1990's when I was living with my grandma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vAWSZ9lk9mo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vAWSZ9lk9mo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally I like this song. I made it as my polyphonic ring tone for my mobile phone last time when I was in China. Everyone who calls me will hear the verse of the song and won't get bored when wait for me to pick up the phone. You can trace more elements of Peking opera in this song, the lyric is very impressive as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eSf9G5x7rMI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eSf9G5x7rMI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The costumes in Peking opera are graceful, magnificent, elegant and brilliant, most of which are made in handicraft embroidery. As the traditional Chinese pattern are adopted, the costumes are of a high aesthetic value. The types of facial make-ups in Peking opera are rich and various, depicting different characters and remarkable images, therefore they are highly appreciated. Moreover there are numerous fixed editions of facial make-up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ruCXTls3IlQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ruCXTls3IlQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the latest trend in Chinese pop music composition and lyrics writing. People insert elements of Chinese traditional music to make the pop songs sound delicate and tasteful. More and more audience realize the beauty of Chinese traditional music nowadays and begin to accept the Chinese style pop songs.The pure Chinese traditional music might be too serious and profound but it becomes approachable when it appears in the pop music. People at my age or younger are no longer only interested to western rock&amp;roll, rap or popular music,we feel quite proud of our own traditional music as well. Though there are some criticisms from formal music conservatories or music reviewers,who think some Chinese style pop music is quite nondescript(which I agree to some extent), the positive sides are pretty clear as well. As far as I'm concerned, I don't really category each music genre clearly. I love different kind of music style and new musical concept as long as it's beautiful and impressive. That's the beauty of melody, isn't it?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-1283318654041847840?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/1283318654041847840/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-pop-music-meets-peking-opera.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/1283318654041847840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/1283318654041847840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-pop-music-meets-peking-opera.html' title='When Pop Music Meets Peking Opera'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-6627517079540332021</id><published>2009-01-25T15:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T01:59:39.035-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='xiao'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sheng'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guzheng'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese traditional instruments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop music'/><title type='text'>When Pop Music Meets Chinese Traditional Instrument--Part Two</title><content type='html'>First of All,Happy Chinese Spring Festival!This is the 5th year I spend my spring festival in Amsterdam, I'm pretty homesick right now. In Shanghai, we usually stay up late and set off fireworks on New Year's Eve. By the first day of first lunar month, people are wearing festival dresses and begin to visit or welcome family, friends and loved ones.Anyway,I hope I don't have boring projects next year and then I can be with family to celebrate this amazing festival. Well,I'll continue the part two of the topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guzheng--The guzheng, (Chinese: 古箏) or zheng (箏) (古 means ancient) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It belongs to the zither family of string instruments.The instrument is rich in playing techniques. The performer plucks the strings with his right-hand fingernails (either real or simulated), while his left-hand fingers apply pressure to the strings to execute vibratos, glissando, other embellishments and occasional plucking techniques. Sounding melodious and elegant, it is as important solo instrument now, and often in accompaniments as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HiOy4LQ-moY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HiOy4LQ-moY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zheng is also used in pop music composition.Here is a good example and you can see the singer is playing Chinese ancient zheng in this music video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_VduwcTYmEA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_VduwcTYmEA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Xiao--The xiao (traditional Chinese: 簫; simplified Chinese: 箫) is a Chinese end-blown flute.Dizi is the transverse flute while xiao is vertical one. It is used to play classical Chinese music and solo music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fkzRnjfX_-Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fkzRnjfX_-Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheng--The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 笙) is a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting essentially of vertical pipes, in the Chinese orchestra.It was traditionally used in court music, and there are many depictions of the ancient sheng on the wall paintings of the Dunhuang caves from the 7th and 8th Centuries. It was during this period that the sheng traveled to many of the courts of Asia and according to some references, possibly even Persia in the 10th century. It is documented that it didn't reach Europe until middle of the 18th century, and its influence was so strong that it resulted in the invention of the reed organ, concertina, harmonica and accordion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This beautiful song is about Yueya Quan(月牙泉), also known as Crescent Moon Lake which is located in the Gobi Desert, Dun Huang. The song combined Sheng, banjo and India Sitar to portrait the dreamlike picture of the scenery in northwestern China. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7b0AeGnqPbQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7b0AeGnqPbQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suona--The suona (Chinese:唢呐); also called laba (Chinese: 喇叭) is a Han Chinese oboe. Owing to its large volume and strident, penetrating tine quality, the suona is most appropriate for the ardent and lively style. The instrument is commonly used in the accompaniment to local theaters or singing and dancing, in combination with sheng mouth organs, gongs, drums, and sometimes other instruments. Such wind and percussion ensembles are called chuida(吹打）.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fPjbBNn8yfo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fPjbBNn8yfo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-6627517079540332021?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/6627517079540332021/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-pop-music-meets-chinese_25.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6627517079540332021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6627517079540332021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-pop-music-meets-chinese_25.html' title='When Pop Music Meets Chinese Traditional Instrument--Part Two'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-4759499290030044823</id><published>2009-01-22T12:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T13:53:51.655-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yangqin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese traditional instruments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='erhu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pipa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pop music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dizi'/><title type='text'>When Pop Music Meets Chinese Traditional Instrument--Part One</title><content type='html'>During the 1.5 years of working freelance for tons of Chinese music projects in the Netherlands, I accumulate increased interest in Chinese traditional music. It can be traced back 7,000 - 8,000 years based on the discovery of a bone flute made in the Neolithic Age. Approximately 3000 years ago, European music was experiencing its first rustlings of life whereas a complete musical theory and sophisticated musical instruments began to appear in China, owing largely to the orthodox ritual music advocated by Confucius.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In China, music instruments are classified according to the material, not according to the generated sound or the construction method like in the West. Traditionally, there exist eight different types of instruments: They are: silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay gourd and hide. There are also other instruments which may not fit these classifications. During Han Dynasty, the theory of the Five Elements (wuxing 五行) and correlation of beings and appearances was very popular. The correlation also includes music instruments. Bamboo flutes are used when the spring begine, summer is the time of string instruments (silk), bronze bells are the instruments of the autumn, and in wintertime, drums are sounding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Melody and tone are prominent expressive features of Chinese music, and great emphasis is given to the proper articulation and inflection of each musical tone. Today, the music continues a rich traditional heritage in one aspect, while emerging into a more contemporary form at the same time. I'll focus on the pop music here and show how amazing the mixture is when the pop music meets Chinese traditional instruments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pipa--The pipa (琵琶) is a plucked Chinese string instrument. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body. It has been played for nearly two thousand years in China, and belongs to the plucked category of instruments. Pipa was loved by everyone--from the royal court to the common folk--and it occupied the predominant place in the orchestra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The song used Pipa as its backgroud accompaniment,the sound of the instrument is extremely beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u94FlTDWy0A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u94FlTDWy0A&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erhu--The erhu (二胡),sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese violin" or "Chinese two-string fiddle," is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and large orchestras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this music video, together with pipa, erhu expresses the exquisite feeling of the song and creates the sad atmosphere which perfectly match the lyrics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kGbDymJ75PU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kGbDymJ75PU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dizi--Also called Chinese flute, was made from bone over 7,000 years ago. In the times since then, most flutes were made of bamboo.The dizi is a major Chinese musical instrument, and is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera, and the modern Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, the dizi has also been popular among the Chinese common people, and it is simple to make and easy to carry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nwZjOLCc_2E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nwZjOLCc_2E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yangqin--Yangqin(扬琴） is a Chinese hammered dulcimer with a near-squared soundboard. The instrument is very similar to Santur, played with two bamboo sticks. The original was confined to the southeastern coastal province of Guangdong late in the Ming dynasty. It spread later throughout the inner areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The yangqin, bright and harmonious in tone, is often used for solos and in ensembles or in the accompaniment of local operas, narratives and other vocal singings.The vivid sound of Yangqin is played through the whole song.And you can also capture the sound of Guzheng, which I am going to introduce next. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UpR3DeE5rBE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UpR3DeE5rBE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-4759499290030044823?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/4759499290030044823/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-pop-music-meets-chinese_22.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/4759499290030044823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/4759499290030044823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/when-pop-music-meets-chinese_22.html' title='When Pop Music Meets Chinese Traditional Instrument--Part One'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-760666316803006467</id><published>2009-01-20T10:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T12:18:37.909-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World of Warcraft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='宅'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='otaku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='おたく/オタク'/><title type='text'>My World of Warcraft --Part Three</title><content type='html'>One year later, Kill Loot Repeat was disbanded. I felt frustrated and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;attempted&lt;/span&gt; to quit the game. One of our paladins asked me to stay and suggested to migrate to another server. In order to move on and start new &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;WoW&lt;/span&gt; life, I did  my last migration to PRC, where some old DAWN members stay. I was slowly becoming a casual player, with fewer friends, a little bit lonely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYSLRGJb8I/AAAAAAAAAQU/glBMVVujS-0/s1600-h/WoWScrnShot_110108_203539.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYSLRGJb8I/AAAAAAAAAQU/glBMVVujS-0/s320/WoWScrnShot_110108_203539.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293438396797644738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was getting busier and busier since 2008. I always have tons of projects to deal with. But anyway, I bought 2&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; extended edition--Wrath of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Lich&lt;/span&gt; King. I wanted to see whether I was still that into the game. After one week I lost my focus. I guess it's time for me to stop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXd6BxgU0LI/AAAAAAAAARE/hzsRsGqAw3U/s1600-h/sunset.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 253px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXd6BxgU0LI/AAAAAAAAARE/hzsRsGqAw3U/s320/sunset.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293834057884684466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now I'm no longer a game &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;otaku&lt;/span&gt; girl. I get my social life back completely and enjoy it pretty much. Without computer games, I have more time to think about any other things --my life, career, future plans. People might think I was so wasted in the past four years but I gonna say it was wonderful as well. We met some of guild members in real life and became good friends. We had sort of reunion party in Germany twice every year and it was so much fun. The game also teaches me to cherish the time I'm having now cause I wasted too much of them before. The memories it gave are certainly something I couldn't forget, and I'll always treasure it :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXd63L2bA7I/AAAAAAAAARM/1hEcNS7Cows/s1600-h/WoWScrnShot_032708_230917.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 229px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXd63L2bA7I/AAAAAAAAARM/1hEcNS7Cows/s320/WoWScrnShot_032708_230917.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293834975489754034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXd9DxZnHxI/AAAAAAAAARU/R5UV8XMDoVI/s1600-h/WoWScrnShot_112707_214205.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXd9DxZnHxI/AAAAAAAAARU/R5UV8XMDoVI/s320/WoWScrnShot_112707_214205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293837390751145746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXeDD-da8gI/AAAAAAAAARc/4jn3cS7UgIk/s1600-h/party2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXeDD-da8gI/AAAAAAAAARc/4jn3cS7UgIk/s320/party2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293843991326552578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-760666316803006467?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/760666316803006467/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-world-of-warcraft-part-three.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/760666316803006467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/760666316803006467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-world-of-warcraft-part-three.html' title='My World of Warcraft --Part Three'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYSLRGJb8I/AAAAAAAAAQU/glBMVVujS-0/s72-c/WoWScrnShot_110108_203539.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-5123269360624005171</id><published>2009-01-20T08:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T12:13:31.378-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World of Warcraft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='宅'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='otaku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='おたく/オタク'/><title type='text'>My World of Warcraft --Part Two</title><content type='html'>In 2007, the extended edition of World of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Warcraft&lt;/span&gt; , the Burning Crusade was released. After migrating several times, the scale of DAWN was getting smaller and some people left with or without reasons. But we were still good, got some server first down as usual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXX-RmhJijI/AAAAAAAAAPs/0YiUBfjiWdA/s1600-h/79312_332928.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXX-RmhJijI/AAAAAAAAAPs/0YiUBfjiWdA/s320/79312_332928.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293416515394701874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a hunter, it's ironic that I didn't know how to kite well. I occasionally  jumped into mobs when I was kiting and died with embarrassment. After &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;TBC&lt;/span&gt;, our guild was in great need of shadow priest. Thinking about getting rid of hunter class and wearing something pretty, I spent another few days to level up a young blood elf priest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXX9_FTCTrI/AAAAAAAAAPk/R5Ia1h4C7SU/s1600-h/wowscrnshot_052707_235244.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXX9_FTCTrI/AAAAAAAAAPk/R5Ia1h4C7SU/s320/wowscrnshot_052707_235244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293416197239492274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sad things happen. DAWN was disbanded because of the leave of the guild master. I was quite depressing and didn't know where to go. An old friend from East Dragon, the biggest Chinese guild on European server, invited us to play with him. As a priest class leader, he is skilled and always patient to teach me a lot. The annoying thing was I still couldn't find fun, which I got from the previous guild. The good thing is I still farmed my reputation happily and got the 3rd &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Netherdrake&lt;/span&gt; on my server. (without using bugs!!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYAdgsLh3I/AAAAAAAAAP0/-fFUDUL45MU/s1600-h/%E6%9C%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYAdgsLh3I/AAAAAAAAAP0/-fFUDUL45MU/s320/%E6%9C%AA%E5%91%BD%E5%90%8D.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293418919012042610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day, our main tank from DAWN asked me to go to his server and do some  hardcore raids. After having sort of online interview I migrated again the other night...The new guild Kill Loot Repeat was a great one. I actually found the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;similar&lt;/span&gt; feelings I got from the old DAWN. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Members&lt;/span&gt; are very friendly and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;enthusiastic&lt;/span&gt;. The most important thing was that they are pros. That fact made me feel upset and I started to learn to be a pro, or look like a pro. Several weeks later, I made some improvement. I got decent key-bindings, macro and tried my best not to be a clicker. Check this pro interface&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYD--CPOYI/AAAAAAAAAP8/NXMebXnKw_k/s1600-h/WoWScrnShot_111107_221943.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYD--CPOYI/AAAAAAAAAP8/NXMebXnKw_k/s320/WoWScrnShot_111107_221943.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293422792359754114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kill Loot Repeat is a really good guild. I've never experienced that kind of fast and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;efficient&lt;/span&gt; raids.  And our raid leader normally talked a lot on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;ventrilo&lt;/span&gt;, which warmed up the atmosphere while we were raiding. Reliquary of Souls in Black Temple used to be my nightmare. But my fear had gone when I started to focus on dispelling in the first phase. I just amused myself by having this little competition with other healers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYIF5fUelI/AAAAAAAAAQE/B8shX5GqUv0/s1600-h/decuseNo.1.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYIF5fUelI/AAAAAAAAAQE/B8shX5GqUv0/s320/decuseNo.1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293427309445151314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically I'm not a trouble-maker. But I also made some stupid little mistakes to wipe the whole raid. I need to say I was always focused, most of the time. After killing bosses, I liked to dress up and run around to show how festival I felt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYKdoFBmGI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3j8sR4XfJUI/s1600-h/immo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYKdoFBmGI/AAAAAAAAAQM/3j8sR4XfJUI/s320/immo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293429916111575138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We formed 2v2, 3v3, 5v5 arena team but my rating was kind of terrible. We went for 3 healers plus 2 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;dpser&lt;/span&gt; as our combo, but it went not very good because I lacked good &lt;span class="word"&gt;consciousnesses and enough actual combat skills while we were fighting against the &lt;/span&gt;opposite teams. I tried really hard to improve but I still got frustrated by failures. And after being provoked by one of team member's certain act, I decided to quit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXdzRjzAhII/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Kr0Ibzl3sLM/s1600-h/past.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXdzRjzAhII/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Kr0Ibzl3sLM/s320/past.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293826632501462146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My 2v2 team went better. But we met some issues as well. When we played 2v2 team, I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;fighted&lt;/span&gt; a lot with my boyfriend in real life. We blamed each other when we lost to another team. Then I realized that I went too far in this game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYTpe-RApI/AAAAAAAAAQc/lTMCgPlQyN8/s1600-h/WoWScrnShot_110108_210243.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXYTpe-RApI/AAAAAAAAAQc/lTMCgPlQyN8/s320/WoWScrnShot_110108_210243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293440015430386322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-5123269360624005171?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/5123269360624005171/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-world-of-warcraft-part-two.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/5123269360624005171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/5123269360624005171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-world-of-warcraft-part-two.html' title='My World of Warcraft --Part Two'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXX-RmhJijI/AAAAAAAAAPs/0YiUBfjiWdA/s72-c/79312_332928.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-5508947927432938085</id><published>2009-01-19T12:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:59:32.006-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='computer game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World of Warcraft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='宅'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='otaku'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='おたく/オタク'/><title type='text'>My World of Warcraft --Part One</title><content type='html'>Back to the early days of my study period in the Netherlands, I was kind of an Otaku girl. Otaku &lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;(&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"&gt;おたく/オタク&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_norom" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_romaji"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Otaku&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; is a Japanese modern slang used to refer to a fan of any particular theme, topic, or hobby. According to the wikipedia, it could refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga and video games. While these are the most common uses, the word can be applied to anything  such as music otaku, cosplay otaku, cooking otaku, etc. In Chinese, we called otaku person "宅男"(otaku boy) and "宅女" (otaku girl), which sounds sort of  embarrassing. Well, what I addicted to was the game -- the World of Warcraft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It might sound pretty weird to most of my friends in China cause they all know I never play computer games. I actually mocked those who played games would never find the beauty of social life. After starting my brand-new independent study life in Amsterdam, I got more and more bored day by day. Most of the shops are closed before six in the afternoon, no more amazing Karaoke bar for me. The pubs and bars are nice but most of them are just not the style I like. My energy was kind of drained out at that time. I missed my family, friends and great great life style in Shanghai. That's the moment WoW stole into my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My boyfriend tried really hard to convince me to adventure Azeroth with him. He showed me how a fat orc run and dance, how an undead priest cast magic to heal on test server. He found the official website to let me know how playful this game is. Then at the first day the game CD was released in Europe, I got my own in-game character.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel it's pretty cool to be a warrior and always fight at the battlefront. In order to have the best combination, my boyfriend became a priest, who could heal me and made the fight easier. Little by little I knew some terms for computer games. But it didn't change the truth that I was way too far to become a pro. This picture shows that in the beginning of this game, not everyone realized how to play. I'm really surprised we actually killed the final boss with this gimp team in the end-- one warrior without shield, one priest without holy talent and three warlocks. That was really fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUChEYwaoI/AAAAAAAAAOs/wpvmSQ_GHwA/s1600-h/Shadowfang.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUChEYwaoI/AAAAAAAAAOs/wpvmSQ_GHwA/s320/Shadowfang.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293139704180402818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After couple of days, we were tired of PVE server so we built new characters on a PVP server. This time we chose to be troll hunters. And the real turning point was we got recruited by one of best guild on that server--DAWN. I made new friends there and knew more about the game. After I hitted level 40, I finally got my mount, a green raptor. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUFhwgiCjI/AAAAAAAAAO0/gF5KWEfjdfA/s1600-h/ShinningSwords2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUFhwgiCjI/AAAAAAAAAO0/gF5KWEfjdfA/s320/ShinningSwords2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293143014559058482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were lots of activities every day in this big guild. What I can't forgot are the raids. We formed 40-people raids almost every day and people were so punctual to wait for the invite. And by the way, I was the first troll to get that cool undead mount on my server.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUHLG2AlFI/AAAAAAAAAO8/X0q4Gjs6PTA/s1600-h/udmount.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUHLG2AlFI/AAAAAAAAAO8/X0q4Gjs6PTA/s320/udmount.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293144824440984658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was playing WoW with my laptop, which had a 128MB memory card. The funniest part was I did not even realize that. My game lagged a lot and I couldn't move if there were so many players in the same area. One time we went to raid Kazzak, I could barely move one step. When it finally stopped lagging, this was the miserable scene I saw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUKONmdV8I/AAAAAAAAAPE/bJanJkZ2Eb4/s1600-h/canzhuang.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUKONmdV8I/AAAAAAAAAPE/bJanJkZ2Eb4/s320/canzhuang.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293148176329299906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My boyfriend and I were very active. We took part in every raid in the evening from 7 to 12. We didn't even have time to cook decent meals. Normally we just had some noodles or ordered pizza. We turned down lots of dinner invitation and social activities. After these  hard-working days, I became the best hunter with top gears on the server.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUL1hzaCEI/AAAAAAAAAPM/vBrUoeSPaQE/s1600-h/og5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUL1hzaCEI/AAAAAAAAAPM/vBrUoeSPaQE/s320/og5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293149951278843970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One time our scout found that the respawns of emerald dragons were bugged. Everyone was so excited and we were busy running among Hinterlands, duskwood, Feralas and  Ashenvale to kill these four bosses and got the epic loots. Warlocks were busy with summoning, priests were busy with healing, druids were busy with battle rez, and I was busy shooting behind everyone. We didn't stop raiding until every one got enough natural-res gears for Huhuran and that was already 8 in the morning. That was really crazy but it also became one of the funnies thing I will miss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUOc6j619I/AAAAAAAAAPU/WxHF3HwPib4/s1600-h/wanshengjie.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUOc6j619I/AAAAAAAAAPU/WxHF3HwPib4/s320/wanshengjie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293152826962925522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was also very enthuestic about farming reputation. In order to get that Defender of the Timbermaw trinket, my boyfriend and I have stayed in Winterspring for many days to farm reputation of Timbermaw Hold. The final part of the whole process is Thrall's speech. It was kind of unexpected. I am really happy I just captured the moment of he said "Qin--a true hero of the horde!" :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUdo6hM2cI/AAAAAAAAAPc/oqYUFe9FpEw/s1600-h/ex.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUdo6hM2cI/AAAAAAAAAPc/oqYUFe9FpEw/s320/ex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293169525784369602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-5508947927432938085?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/5508947927432938085/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-world-of-warcraft-part-one.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/5508947927432938085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/5508947927432938085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-world-of-warcraft-part-one.html' title='My World of Warcraft --Part One'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXUChEYwaoI/AAAAAAAAAOs/wpvmSQ_GHwA/s72-c/Shadowfang.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-6127210964308190945</id><published>2009-01-18T08:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T02:54:37.497-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='high-heel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ferragamo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hobby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='高跟鞋'/><title type='text'>Shoe Mania</title><content type='html'>Last time one of my friends threw me a question. He asked " If a girl has 15 pairs of shoes, don't you think &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;she&lt;/span&gt; has already got enough"?  Obviously he was whining about his girlfriend who bought the sixteenth pair of shoes and he really wanted my support to stop being puzzled.Unfortunately, he got the wrong person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my opinion, it's never extravagant for women to have fabulous shoes. Most of time, I wear jeans and T-shirts, together with my sneakers, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;running&lt;/span&gt; around with my cameras. I play paintball with boys and I always win. I collect models instead of dolls. I guess that is my personal image for lots of my friends. But in secret, I've got shoe mania.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started this lovely hobby several years ago when I could afford a little luxury stuff. And now I just can't help introducing some of my recent new favorites here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among all the brands, I love Salvatore &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Ferragamo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; most. Not only their shoes are fabulous and classy, but also they are incredibly comfortable to wear. I fell in love with this pair of burgundy  patent leather shoes at the first sight I saw it. The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;simplest&lt;/span&gt; design makes it even more elegant than the ones which has icon butterfly on the toe cap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXN4RCFBdOI/AAAAAAAAAL0/2V3opzm3URE/s1600-h/DSC_2137.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 179px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXN4RCFBdOI/AAAAAAAAAL0/2V3opzm3URE/s320/DSC_2137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292706221101511906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always dream of having something elegant and  exquisite, something black. And this one absolutely fulfill my requirement. The velour leather is very low-key and classy. I can even imagine I still wear the shoes when I become an old lady.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOZjLmt1fI/AAAAAAAAANk/xLdNlmIp3XI/s1600-h/DSC_21621.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 165px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOZjLmt1fI/AAAAAAAAANk/xLdNlmIp3XI/s320/DSC_21621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292742816780113394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Orange is vibrant. It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. It has a bit less intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow. Recently orange becomes my new favorite color. It goes perfect with jeans, also gives me great feeling of being full of energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXN9MfufFRI/AAAAAAAAAMU/4tY6UgMjGJk/s1600-h/DSC_2260.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 166px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXN9MfufFRI/AAAAAAAAAMU/4tY6UgMjGJk/s320/DSC_2260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292711640718841106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gold is not my primary choice. I always think gold is snazzy and kind of tacky. But when I saw this pair, I just can't help owning it. I love it goes so pretty with denim. It is certainly not going to be my last pair of gold shoes I bet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOaQjXNfHI/AAAAAAAAAN0/BWS0iSylF1o/s1600-h/DSC_2219.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOaQjXNfHI/AAAAAAAAAN0/BWS0iSylF1o/s320/DSC_2219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292743596251642994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOcZYyxwnI/AAAAAAAAAOM/UbdrvVDiV5w/s1600-h/DSC_2233.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOcZYyxwnI/AAAAAAAAAOM/UbdrvVDiV5w/s320/DSC_2233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292745947056554610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last but not the least, my favorite in autumn! I'm crazy about its fantastic stitching job. It also dazzles me with its incredibly comfortable 8cm high heels and stunning color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOBn9REfpI/AAAAAAAAAMk/iT31cv63_es/s1600-h/DSC_2182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 132px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXOBn9REfpI/AAAAAAAAAMk/iT31cv63_es/s320/DSC_2182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292716510551506578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXObFPc1IKI/AAAAAAAAAOE/d1ri9lZalrE/s1600-h/DSC_2181.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 123px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXObFPc1IKI/AAAAAAAAAOE/d1ri9lZalrE/s320/DSC_2181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292744501439570082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have more to show but my self-controlling is asking me to stop. Actually I've spent the whole afternoon on shooting these shoes and enjoying the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;satisfaction&lt;/span&gt; they bring to me. For those who do not understand why your loved one kind of addicts to buying pretty shoes, just one advice: It is sometimes necessary to indulge a shoe lover. Maybe I didn't really make my point clearly,  but I bet you got it, right ? :&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-6127210964308190945?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/6127210964308190945/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/shoe-mania.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6127210964308190945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/6127210964308190945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/shoe-mania.html' title='Shoe Mania'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXN4RCFBdOI/AAAAAAAAAL0/2V3opzm3URE/s72-c/DSC_2137.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-1719065539592838435</id><published>2009-01-16T14:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T02:48:33.014-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lyric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japanese music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='동방신기'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Korean music'/><title type='text'>どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう ?</title><content type='html'>I'm listening to this song again and again these days. It simply takes my breath away. The melody is just so moving and the lyric makes me feel heart broken somehow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう&lt;br /&gt;どんなに时が流れても君はずっと ここにいると思ってたのに&lt;br /&gt;でも君が选んだのは违う道&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;为什么会喜欢上了你  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;以为不管时间如何的流逝，你一直都在这里  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;但是你选择了不同的道路  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうして君に何も伝えられなかったんだろう&lt;br /&gt;毎日毎晩募ってく思い あふれ出す言叶 わかってたのに&lt;br /&gt;もう届かない&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;为什么什么都没对说你  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;每天白天黑夜积累的思念 溢出的话语 明明知道的  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;但是已经传达不到了  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;はじめて出会ったその日から  君を知っていた気がしたんだ&lt;br /&gt;あまりに自然に溶け込んでしまった二人&lt;br /&gt;どこに行く乗りも一绪で君がいることが当然で&lt;br /&gt;仆らは二人で大人になってきた&lt;br /&gt;でも君が选んだのは违う道&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;初次相遇的那天起 就感觉似曾相识  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;非常自然就相溶的两人  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;不管去哪儿都一起，有你在是绝对的  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;我们两人成长为大人  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;但是你却选择的不同的道路  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう&lt;br /&gt;どんなに时が流れても君はずっと ここにいると思ってたのに&lt;br /&gt;もう帰れない&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;为什么会喜欢上了你  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;以为不管时间如何的流逝，你一直都在这里  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;已经回不去了  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;特别な意味を持つ今日を 幸せ颜で立つ今日を&lt;br /&gt;きれいな姿で神様に愿ってる君を&lt;br /&gt;仆じゃない人の隣で 祝福されてる姿を&lt;br /&gt;仆はどうやって见送ればいいのだろう&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;有特殊意义的今天 展开幸福笑脸的今天  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;以美丽的身姿向神请求的你  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;在不是我的人的身旁，被祝福的样子  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;我该怎么去送别才好  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう&lt;br /&gt;あの顷の仆らのこと もう戻れない（考えた考えた）&lt;br /&gt;どうして君の手をつかみ夺えなかったんだろう&lt;br /&gt;どんなに时が流れても君はずっと&lt;br /&gt;仆の横にいるはずだった（そのままに）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;为什么会喜欢上了你  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;那个时候的我们 已经再也回不去了（思绪万千）  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;为什么不能再次牵着你的手  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;不管时间如何的流逝你仍一直  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;在我的前面（一直就这样）  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;それでも君が仆のそば离れていても&lt;br /&gt;永远に君が幸せでいることを ただ愿ってる&lt;br /&gt;たとえそれがどんなに寂しくても（寂しくても）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;即使这样 即使你还没离开我的身边  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;希望你能永远的幸福  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;即使那是多么的孤寂（即使孤寂）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why is this kind of painful love happening everyday in every corner of the world? It kind of makes me feel weepy. How miserable is it to miss someone you really care? ......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many times we suffered from this emotional affliction? How many times we just ignored all the inner fire burning, pretended to be innocent and cool with everything ? How many times we restrained ourselves and acted like a unmerciful person? How many times we said goodbye with smile and cried at heart? How many times we finally said that pointless three words after all the things have changed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forgotten is for the better remembrance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pl9Jbi1I1tE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pl9Jbi1I1tE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-1719065539592838435?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/1719065539592838435/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='1 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/1719065539592838435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/1719065539592838435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html' title='どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう ?'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628482298061751153.post-8688370182414245773</id><published>2009-01-16T12:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T11:48:40.714-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='emotion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='随想'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-reflection'/><title type='text'>Soul Searching</title><content type='html'>Every time I built a new blog site, I dealt with it honestly at the very beginning. I tried not to hide myself and let my friends know the real me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And every time I failed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more attentions I got the less sense of secure I had. Especially when friends started to judge, I began to be afraid of showing my real thoughts. I attempted to give a typical and lovable portrait of myself --a well-behaved girl with good personality. That is what everyone wants to see. So I kept writing things, which are beautifully decorated by unnecessary rhetoric. I was addicted to peoples' envy and praise about my life, experience and ways of thinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From time to time I feel so sad about myself. I just know I will get lost sooner or later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact I'm not good at expressing my feelings. I don't have that much of confidence at all. I'm not brave like you think, I feel nervous as well when I travel alone. I'm not versatile I don't even know how to play piano,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;etc, etc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you could take all of those, just be by my side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEIB-fc4cI/AAAAAAAAAK4/HiaQ994ob2w/s1600-h/.6.19+054.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 211px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEIB-fc4cI/AAAAAAAAAK4/HiaQ994ob2w/s320/.6.19+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292019867184849346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3628482298061751153-8688370182414245773?l=qin2009.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/feeds/8688370182414245773/comments/default' title='帖子评论'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/soul-searching.html#comment-form' title='0 条评论'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/8688370182414245773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3628482298061751153/posts/default/8688370182414245773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://qin2009.blogspot.com/2009/01/soul-searching.html' title='Soul Searching'/><author><name>钦-Qin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14777924663785961035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEMUYLV-lI/AAAAAAAAALU/dSy8R7D6KLs/S220/DSC_0438.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HRnQfZCnIPg/SXEIB-fc4cI/AAAAAAAAAK4/HiaQ994ob2w/s72-c/.6.19+054.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
