Academic environment is also different. Many professors here have very high academic achievements. There're many IEEE Fellows here, with a lot of IEEE Trans. papers. Unlike mainland, where the univ. academic researches are project-oriented, univ. researches in HK are paper-oriented. Just several days ago, one of my course instructor was elected IEEE Fellow, which is a great honor for scholars.

    After ten years of reunity, the HK local's national identity feeling has been greatly strengthened. I get this deep impression when communicating with some locals. But on streets especially in some crowed areas such as Monkok and Hung Hom, anti-CCP signs set up by flg can be easily found. Many HK locals firmly hold this view: You must love your nation, but you don't have to love the Party.

    Things have been a little difficult for HK now, especially for the finiancial industry in HK. Many companies have declared their downsizing plans. Last year almost all MSc students have sucessfully found jobs in HK. But this year, many of my friends are worrying about job hunting situation. I wish all of them can find good posts in HK. Things will be better, because now HK enjoys the strong direct support from mainland China.

    Here're some photos    :-)

Can't you stand the hot summer day?

Then...how about having a trip in a remote wonderland, being far from the madding crowd.

Last week I went to Mt. Lushan to have a short holiday. Lushan is one of China’s key attractions and scenic spots, claiming to have the “peculiar and beautiful mountain under heaven”. It was listed as the World Heritage in 1996 and was approved as National Geological Park in 2001, also was approved as one of the first “World Geopark” by UNESCO in 2004.

Because the average temperature of year is 16-17℃, Lushan is a famous summer resort. It is located in the northern part of Jiangxi Province and the southern part of Jiujiang City.

Since 1895, thousands of villas had been built on Lushan by people from about 20 countries. Lushan played an indispensable role in the Chinese history. The Chinese first Chairman Mao Zedong presided over three conferences of the Communist Party on Lushan.

Historic celebrities gathered here. Chinese remarkable poets and great writers such as Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Zhu Xi, Su Shi of the Song Dynasty and so on, all of whom once traveled and lived here, leaving lots of widely praised poems and inscriptions.

Besides famous tourist spots fairy Cave, Jinxiu (charm and beauty) Valley, Hanpo Mouth, Wulao (five-elders) Ridge, Huajing(flower pathway), Lushan gathers other beauties such as deep and secluded gutters, valleys, ridges, cliffs, waterfalls, odd holes and stones.

The most enchanting natural landscape is Sandie Waterfall, which drops 120 meters. It’s upper part likes flying snowflakes, the middle section likes sparking broken jade and the lowest part likes a silver dragon plunging into a pool.

Travel tips:

1. It is convenient to get Mt. Lushan because it just located in the suburb of Jiujiang City. People can first arrive in Jiujiang City by air, by train or by bus. There are special buses in Jiujiang which can sent you to the Kuling Town on Mt. Lushan.
2. There is a middle-sized town called Kuling Town on Lushan. Hotels can be easily found there. Or you can live in the Villa District near the town, at here lots of the villas work as hotels.

    hard work＝8＋1＋18＋4＋23＋15＋18＋11＝98%；

    knowledge＝11＋14＋15＋23＋12＋5＋4＋7＋5＝96%；

    love＝12＋15＋22＋5＝54%；

    luck＝12＋21＋3＋11＝47%；

Maybe some of us used to think hard work, knowledge, love or luck were most important for making our life perfect. But from the equations, we learnt that the answer is no.

  Then, how about money？No！money＝13＋15＋14＋5＋25＝72%；

  How about leadership？No！leadership＝12＋5＋1＋4＋5＋18＋19＋8＋9＋16＝97%；

  So, what makes life perfect?

 attitude＝1＋20＋20＋9＋20＋21＋4＋5＝100%。

It is the attitude we hold towards work, study, life and people around us that can help us make our life perfect.

The Bible says, “A merry heart doeth like a good medicine but a brittle spirit drieth the bones.” “As you sow so shall you reap.”Things rarely contaminate us, but attitudes do! It is the one thing that will bring about all the things we desire, or keep us from getting any of them.

A person with a positive, optimistic attitude takes risks and sees only opportunities. A person with negative, pessimistic attitude focuses only on the risk becoming unable to see the opportunity. 

What’s your perspective now ?

First, when I see those conductors on the bus, who don't sell tickets but just ask you to drop a coin, and those elevator drivers, or maybe captains or pilots or whatever you want to call them, I just think that for the first time I have seen a live and workable city in... Okay. This is not going to work. Let me rephrase it a little bit. The sphere of this city has greatly improved my confidence as being a Party member.

Second, service industry here seems to be undeveloped, and the service itself is not as good as in Southern China. Toilets in restaurants are not as clean as expected. There are no waiters handing towels to you after you washed your hand. Nobody cares about how long have you been waiting for your food. The worst situation - You walk in a store or a restaurant right after the service time is over, but there are still people working in it, they would just tell you, "We are closed". Maybe you would try to convince them that this wouldn't bring them any inconvenience, like "I just need...", and you would finally get convinced that you're really out of luck today.

Third, the whole city is really a huge parking lot during the rush hour. If you really got to travel during that time, you have two choices. One is that join the jam and get jammed; The other is that wait till the jam is over. No matter which you have chosen, your arrival time difference will be slight.

Although this city really has something that you can't find elsewhere, if you just want to have a modern life in China, there are still several choices out there, like Hong Kong or Canton.

I slept 11 hours a day. I bought kinds of food at supermarket. I cooked. What's more, I spent all the rest of time when I was awake before my computer: watching soap operas and eating potato crisps, chocolates, crackers, and any snacks I could reach on my table. There were a pile of dishes waiting for washing in my sink, my bedroom was mess, and my carpet needed to be cleaned. But I did NOT care~ I just wanted to "enjoy" myself.

However, I stopped. It seems someone was shouting at me "That's ENOUGH!" Who was that guy? Mom? Anyway, impossible. She is in China, thousands miles away from me. So that guy was just myself. Yes, enough was enough. I stopped; I stopped in the mid night of Sunday. I threw away all the empty wraps, tided my bedroom, washed dishes, cleaned carpets, and finally I fell on my bed.

I am thinking. If I keep on eating, will I be obesity? If I keep on watching, will I be stupid? If I ... Fortunately, I stopped myself. It seems sometimes people going on with addiction. Like when we were kids, we eat so many candies until some adult said to us "Enough!". When we grown up, there are plenty of things like the childhood "candies": money, power, position, relationship and etc. They are shinning; they are luring. Sometimes we really do not know when is enough, and there will never be someone telling us, except ourselves. Even for some "good" things. Some people stay more than 16 hours a day in the lab. It may benefit to the development of technology, but harmful for their health. That may be why the dean in my department always says "You need to balance your research and life."

Yes, enough is enough. As an adult, as a grown up guy, I need to figure it out, not by someone else, but only by myself.

However, I could not always keep my choice. Sometimes, I would change a little randomly. Maybe I would walk some strange small path, or even go to an unfamiliar inn to have an extra supper. At that time, I feel refreshed and relaxed by doing so.

OK, here comes a problem. Why not keep myself refreshed and relaxed everyday?

I don't know, indeed. But I guess (yes, to guess my thought), that's because I don't really understand which is the most suitable way for me. It means I choose this way only for its safety -- a safe deal with assurance, not for satisfaction. I need to find a better choice.

Anyway, there should be a trade-off and no best bet. Therefore, I will keep on finding my way to make my life more interesting.

I'm Zane Tower from Chongqing China.And my nickname on internet is usually 'hidecloud' .This name comes from my Chinese pseudonym '潜云' which means cloud hides in the sky.

I'm a Chinese blogger for 3 years.And u can read my blog here.Of course , it's written in Chinese.

Since I usually have some ideas which only can be described in English . I started to think about having an English blog recently.