7:15 p.m Edmonton,
It’s getting dark outside. I rolled up blinders. Oh my god~, just 10 minutes, the sun had been totally covered by clouds. A huge strom was attacking the city: lighting splited the sky, thunder sounds went through my thick glass window, and rains beated the whole building. But where did so many clouds come from? Amazing!

7:20 p.m Edmonton,
Seems my imagination still could not follow the weather here. Only after 5 minutes, the rain storm changed to the hail! Like thousnads of bullets, they dived from sky to the earth. Terrible.

7:35 p.m Edmonton,
What?? Sunshine?? Again? I was really really shocked to see the sunlight again and, the sky was totally clear. Everything was in peace. Like nothing happened before. How could that be! The whole process may even not be longger than half an hour.

This happened a few days ago. Now I am not so surprise about weather like this, because it happens a few times after that. Some friends told me they usually get this kind of stuff in summer.

I still remember that when I was in high school, my teacher told me people in English speaking country uauslly talked about weather for polite, but now I guess this reason may need to be updated. People talk about weather because it does change too fast, at least, in the summer of Edmonton.

迎接另一个晨曦 带来全新空气 （正阳门箭楼）
Greet the first sun raying in the morning, feel the fresh air coming with it.

气息改变情味不变 茶香飘满情谊 （国家体育场“鸟巢”）
Friendship persists with the change of flavor. Fragrance of the tea transmits our affection

我家大门常打开 开放怀抱等你 （德胜门箭楼）.
The Chinese door is always open, we open arms and wait for you

拥抱过就有了默契 你会爱上这里 （北海公园白塔）
Cuddle together, know each other. You are sure to love here.

不管远近都是客人 请不用客气 （普渡寺）
You are our most beloved guest no matter you live near or far away. Please make Beijing as your home.

相约好了再一起 我们欢迎你 （中华世纪坛、书法）
We promised to be together, you are welcome

我家种着万年青 开放每段传奇 （北京大学未名湖畔博雅塔）
We plant an evergreen. Every blossom tells a Chinese legend story

为传统的土壤播种 为你留下回忆 （太庙）
Seed for this amazing land. Gain you unforgettable memory

陌生熟悉都是客人 请不用拘礼 （国子监琉璃牌坊）
You are our most beloved guest no matter you are familiar or strange to us. Please enjoy your stay here

第几次来没关系 有太多话题 （老北京四合院、皮影戏）
It makes no difference how many times you came to Beijing. We have too much to share

北京欢迎你 为你开天辟地 （八达岭长城）
We hope to see you all in Beijing. A brand-new world is set up for you.

流动中的魅力充满着朝气 （琉璃厂北京画店、窗花、折扇）
Sport’s charm bursts with dynamic spirit.

北京欢迎你 在太阳下分享呼吸 （奥林匹克水上公园）
We hope to see you all in Beijing. Share the mood in the sunshine.

在黄土地刷新成绩 （国家大剧院）
Hope for making new records on this amazing land.

我家大门常打开 开怀容纳天地 （国家跳水中心“水立方”）
The Chinese door is always open. At here heave touches earth

岁月绽放青春笑容 迎接这个日期 （糊风筝）
Time reflects the age of youth and joy, goes towards this special date

天大地大都是朋友 请不用客气 （奥林匹克水上公园）
We are all friends in this bid world. You are welcome

画意诗情带笑意 只为等待你 （画京剧脸谱）
Everything is ready. Just wait for you

北京欢迎你 像音乐感动你 （古观象台）
We hope to see you all in Beijing. May the melody touches your soul.

让我们都加油去超越自己 （社稷坛(中山公园)五色土）
Come on. Let’s exceed our limits.

北京欢迎你 有梦想谁都了不起 （四合院模型）
We hope to see you all in Beijing. One will be great if he has a dream.

有勇气就会有奇迹 （天坛坛门）
Wonders never cease if there exists courage.

Eva and Lisa both post some nice photos of Pandas in China. And today I find some even more “photoshopped” photos:

The original photo

Look at his finger :)

The popular “V” signature in 1990s

The 《Pirates of the Caribbean》 version

The Hip Hop Version

The shanzhai version

The naughty version

The –_-||| version

This is a “panda shaoxiang” version. Shaoxiang, aka “烧香” in Chinese, means go to the temple for burning incense and offering up a sacrifice. The Shaoxiang Panda is a very famous computer virus (worm like) in China during 2007. Once you get infected, all the icons of your files will be a picture like this one:

It lasts only 6 seconds but really make me lmao, haha:)

Tip: If you never use the "Kaspersky", take care of your ears!

However, do you know how were they during the Sichuan Earthquake?

Here are some photos as an addition to Eva.

Nowadays panda has become more and more popular as a national treasure of China around the globe. Even though they dig their nostril in front of you, you won’t think it’s disgusting. (oh, what a lovely baby).

Have you guys watched “kungfu panda“? It’s an awesome movie. You can tell from the movie the director loves the Chinese culture. He respects Chinese culture and a lot of scenes are done in watercolor and ink wash. I don’t know why Zhao Bandi boycott “kungfu panda” but loves giant panda. He likes to make dissident comments to attract public’s attention? Panda doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to the world. The only great cartoon moves left us are Monkey King, Prince Nezha’s triumph against Dragon King made long time ago. Why can’t Chinse film makers make such kind of animated comedy for us? Why can’t we watch western movies while Chinse cartoon movies disappoint us?

Anyway, let’s take a look at these pandas.

I’m stuck in the tree. Help me out!

Am I scary? I’m mirrored.

Left hook, right hook, hei hei ha hi!

Leave me alone.

I’m a shy girl.

Can you do this?

Can you see me? (Hide and seek)

Today I have put on light make-up. Am I pretty?

Let go of me. Let go of me. 555~

I surrender. I surrender.

Is this economy class? Hey, I want first class.

Anyone’s eyes bigger than mine? None.

Do you like me rolling like a ball?

go to this url:

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and enter “wp-comments-post.php” in “Custom Comments Target:”

This sounds ridiculous, however, I will try my best to fix it :)

Well, I’ve been asked many times to release an English version of The Enhancing Spring (TES) theme. Now it’s available for everyone to use. As long as you’ve got a WordPress installed, you can try it.

The URL of this theme for downloading is here. And be aware that you’ll need a customized BTC plugin to get everything work well. The customized BTC is here.

FYI: The Chinese version has been released for a while from 1.2 to 1.4, however, this is the first time to release this English version (1.4) of TES.

Some features of this theme:

• 2-Column auto-fit layout
  automatically fits the screen size. For users with IE6+/Firefox1.5+/Safari 3+ and Opera9+ they width would be very proper for reading. (The max-width would not be working in IE6 but I don’t wanna make some JavaScript/Expression hacks cause it’s not smart to eat even more resources on a computer still running “IE6″
• Widget support
  The widget feature since WordPress 2.3 is available in this theme, and you can also make a completely customized sidebar
• jQuery involved
  is involved to make the interactive stuff more smooth. All the textareas/text inputs appeared in your page will be more interactive: Try to hit this
• High efficiency, faster speed
  They XHTML/CSS and JavaScript files, even some pictures used in our stylesheets are well re-arranged and packaged. It will save your traffic.
• Better interactive experience
  Now the comment system is changed a bit, just take a look at this screenshot:
  
• As light as possible
  Not only the code are well re-packaged and arranged, the design of this theme is as light as a theme can be. You can easily custom it without much technical skills
• Enhancement to 1.2
  Better sidebar look than 1.2 version, take a look at this screenshot

Something to improve later

1. Add a “relative posts” to post pages
2. Make the XHTML more validate
3. Make the color-scheme more accessible if you wanna make some customized blog
4. Make the involved jQuery more independent that you may even use a Google hosted one to cut off your traffic
5. What do you think :) ?

It is a story of a man and an old woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.

The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs upto a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which had been the couple’s home for the last half century.

Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang, a 19 year-old boy feel in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin….

In a twist worthy of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children.

At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman… To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and then lived in a cave of Jiangjin County in southern ChongQing.

At the beginning, life was harsh as they had nothing, no electricity and even no food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp to light their life.

Xu felt she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him: ‘Are you regretful?’ Liu always replied: ‘As long as we are industrious, life will be improved.’

Since the second year of living in the mountain, Liu started to hand-carve the steps and then kept doing it for over 50 years, so that his wife could get down the mountain easily.

Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventures happened to find this elderly couple and these over 6, 000 staires with a great surprise when they were exploring the forest. Liu Mengsheng, one of the couple’s senven children said: ‘My parents loved each other so much that they lived in seclusion for more than 50 years and never been apart for a single day. He hand-carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother’s convenience, though she doesn’t go down the mountain that much.’

The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until that day…. Liu, when he was 72, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed when her husband passsed away in her arms. So, in love with Xu, it was Liu that no one else who was able to release the grip he had on his wife’s hand even at the moment he was passing away….

‘You promised me you’ll take care of me. You’ll always be with me until the day I died. Now you left before me, how am I living without you?’

Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband’s black coffin with tears rolling down along her cheeks.

In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories in China, collected by the Chinese Woman Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladders and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever.

An airhostress hurted badly and was in a dangerous situation.

I’m ready to give these stuffs away, but I don’t know how to. I knew that Microsoft gave me the MVP award for being an good influencer, so that I can utilize the resources this award gives me and increase my influence. Because of that, I want to get to know some other Microsoft influencers who haven’t been an MVP yet, and give them these resources to increase their influence.

If you have any influencer to recommend, or if you are a influencer and want to get these stuffs, leave me a comment please.