My awkward situation(2) I was really upset when my boss told me that I really couldn’t get the grant as they promised. Fortunately heaven never seals off all exits. I was told I could apply for the government grant for being a visiting scholar. The point was how to explain it to the professor that I would postpone the arrival date. I didn’t think that a foreign professor from a westen country could believe that a president of a university could break his words and I had to apply for a new grant. As I had to waiting for the new grant and couldn’t go to Belgium as I expected, I told the professor that my grant had to get the permission from the government just because my university was a public university. What I said was true but not whole true. Half true is a whole lie, so I felt shamed when I got the reply from the professor. He was so nice that he said he knew the public university and hoped me get through smoothly. According to the process , every applicant had to be interviewed in English. I started the second hard step " practise oral English". I knew a American guy who worked at my university and could spoke Chinese very well after he had lived in China one year. As my oppinion, if a person who can speak a new language very well after learning a short time, he must know how to learn and practise the new language. That is the quality to be a good teacher . So I decided to invite him to be my English tearcher. I have to say it is one of the wisest decision I have ever made. I have 4 times English lessons every week. I have to tell a story , write a notebook every time .My teacher didn't allow me speak chinese even one words! He told me to see the American talk show without subtitles. At the begining , I couldn't understand , but my teacher said :"go on". To make a long story short, I was interviewed in 19th, Aug,2013 and finally got the grant from CHINA SCHOLERSHIP COUNCIL. The project was cooperation program between CSC and provincial Education Bureau. The provincial should pay for these visiting scholars but CSC hadn't received the fund, so I haden't received the formal certification untill the end of the 2013. The problem is my acceptence letter was already overdue and need to be updated. I have to ask the professor to send me a new one.

My awkward situation(1) Tow year ago, my boss told me, according to a project of our university, if I received an acceptance letter from a foreign university, I would get a one-year-grant from my university for my studying in that university. It was really a great opportunity for me to expand my horizon, promote my professional level as well as travel. I sent tons of emails to the professors who worked in the same research field with me and lived in Europe. Most of my emails just liked stone sinked in the ocean without any respond. Finally after half a year, I received an acceptance letter from a professor who works in a university in Belgium . I thought cheerfully that the most difficult part of the process of being a visiting scholar was finished till then before I asked my president's permission for my grant. That morning I got up early than usual, dressed up, took my acceptance letter and went to the main campus. It was the first time I talked to the president of my university. I even couldn’t say it was a talk. After I told him that I received an acceptance letter from a university in Belgium and asked for his permission. I couldn’t image what he said even in my dream. He looked angry and said “how can you apply for our university’s grant, don’t you know our university’s finance is so tight? Why don’t you apply for the government grant? You just don’t want to pass the exam!” I was so shocked when I heard his words. I asked the president how I explain my situation to the professor who gave me the acceptance letter. Our president said “it is your problem”. From then on , I really faced a big problem that was how to explain my situation tho the professor without making him thought I was a liar.

Making fun withscammers

I had never known that there were so many scammers on the internet until I met them on a pen pals website. My friend told me a website where I could practice my English writing. After I signed in for a period of time, I got to know there were many scammers there. I met at least 5 scammers there till now. So making fun with scammers turned out to be a good way to practice my English.

The bravest scammer I have ever met there who pretended he was General Luigi Chiappenrini. He sent me a long message and one of “his” photo, a man in army uniform on it. I was so curious about his position. After I searched the name on Google, I found “he” was really a big shot, Commander, ISAF Regional Command West. I also found the photo he sent to me on Google. OK, let me make fun with this bravest scammer. I told him that the photo he sent me I could find on the internet by myself and asked him send me a private photo. Then he sent me another, but I found it was created by Photoshop. I told him his photo was created by Ps. He said what was my meaning. I said I meant that he cut two photos and created them into one photo. He disappeared from then on!

Another scammer said he was from UK, when I told him that his English was not standard, he stopped talking with me.

Now I am playing game with a scammer who claimed he was from London, but when he spoke English I noticed his accent was not London’s accent. He told me he spoke “ Queen English” really funny! A few day ago he told me he would go to Saudi Arabia by a ship to buy crude. Today he told me there were sea pirate blocking the sea. His ship had to anchor at Port Klang Ireland. The game is going on. Let’s guess what will happen next!

How do you think about the scammers on the internet?

Making fun with scammers I had never known that there were so many scammers on the internet until I met them on a pen pals website. My friend told me a website where I could practice my English writing. After I signed in for a period of time, I got to know there were many scammers there. I met at least 5 scammers there till now. So making fun with scammers turned out to be a good way to practice my English. The bravest scammer I have ever met there who pretended he was General Luigi Chiappenrini. He sent me a long message and one of “his” photo, a man in army uniform on it. I was so curious about his position. After I searched the name on Google, I found “he” was really a big shot, Commander, ISAF Regional Command West. I also found the photo he sent to me on Google. OK, let me make fun with this bravest scammer. I told him that the photo he sent me I could find on the internet by myself and asked him send me a private photo. Then he sent me another, but I found it was created by Photoshop. I told him his photo was created by Ps. He said what was my meaning. I said I meant that he cut two photos and created them into one photo. He disappeared from then on! Another scammer said he was from UK, when I told him that his English was not standard, he stopped talking with me. Now I am playing game with a scammer who claimed me he was from London, but when he spoke English I noticed his accent was not London’s accent. He told me he spoke “Queen English” really funny! A few day ago he told me he would go to Saudi Arabia by a ship. Today he told me there were sea pirate blocking the sea. His ship had to anchor at Port Klang Ireland. The game is going on. Let’s guess what will happen next!

What do you think about euthanasia?

Recently, I often went to the hospital to take care of my father, so I had more opportunity to know how suffering the patients were when they got serious diseases and almost couldn’t recover their health. So in my openion, Euthanasia is a good way to leave the world if our life has already lost its quality, meaning, and only pain left. What do you think about euthanasia ?

How to Be a Good Couchsurfing Guest（3） Although a couch is much cheaper than a standard room in a hotel, Couchsurfing is far more than saving money. A couch is not only a place to sleep but also a great opportunity to know the real life of the local people. So communication is another important part of Couchsurfing. Sharing your travel experiences, interesting stories with your host, learning a few words of local language will make the process more interesting. Remember that your lonely travel will get turn around by the people and you will have a good time with them, so don’t always focus on your computer or your mobile phone and ignore the people around. If you have ever been hosted before, you will have a much better understanding of what makes a good guest. Having been a host for more than two years, I have learned the all the characteristics of good guests. They are polite, on schedule, they are interested in communication, and they are funny and helpful. I don’t know whether I can be a guest as good as them, but stay in Shanghai will be a good chance, I will try my best to be a good guest. I hope that my first time surfing a couch will be wonderful experience .

How to Be a Good Couchsurfing Guest（2） Usually hosts, who are kind and willing to host travelers, have job and work on weekday and need to relax themselves on weekend. Good guests shouldn’t affect the host’s routine, but I know it is nearly impossible for hosts don’t have any change of their life with a guest at home (I know that it is nearly impossible for hosts don’t have any change of their life with a guest at home, but a good guest shouldn’t put too much pressure on a host’s routine). So in my opinion, being punctual is very important for a guest to surf a couch. Don’t keep your host waiting a long time for your knock on the door especially in the night. Never attend before the arrival time you have already told the host. That is really a great pressure for a host. Being polite and on schedule is not still enough for a good guest.

How to Be a Good Couchsurfing Guest（1） I have hosted a lot of guests from all over the world last two years, but I haven’t surfed any couch until now. Next week I will go to Wenzhou, because we will have a university roommate get together there. On the way home, I will stay in Shanghai for few days to see my son who is a student of Shanghai Jiaotong University. I hope I can find a couch to stay one or two days in Shanghai just for having an experience of couchsurfing guest. Now I’m trying to figure out how to be a good couchsurfing guest. Couchsurfing is an amazing idea which is based on the humans’ goodness. So, good manners are most important for a person to be a Couchsurfing guest. The different cultures have different standards for good manners. In my opinion, travelers have to know a little about the local cultures before they get on the road. If you really don’t know the local standard of good manners, smile and be polite are the fundamental matter every where. “Please” and “thank you” is a gift and a grace in any culture which is to make your Couchsurfing life easier. Although you are nice enough, you have to know other unwritten rules of Couchsurfing.