Time goes by before you realize it It toke me one hour to Shanghai by taking a high speed train. I went alone and I don't know why it touched me when I steped out the train this time. It recalled my memory of my first arrival in Shanghai about nine years ago.

One of my most exciting experiences in China When I first saw the Bird's Nest in 2008, I regarded it as the most wonderful building I have ever saw. It does not seem to be delicate for its huge iron pillars outside the complex stairs is much bigger than you see far away. The pillars are rough perhaps because it was just decorated and built in a hurry at that time. It is, however, spectacular in some way, like some concept buildings full of imaginations. Well, the building would be more perfect if the torch that stick out the nest obviously, was disappear. :P We got there with tickets for some track and field games. When we entered the stadium, I was shake by the crowds and the hundred of thousands of sites. We didn't have seats that can watch the games clearly without telescope, but the view was good anyway. Field games are boring somehow, but the watchers were still exciting, they made sounds and waves when some sportsmen got a good score. After the game, we wandered in the south part of the park, had some snacks, visited the areas where were showing Chinese folk customs, and sweat under the sun shining. After a little rest, we took a subway (subway within the park, so you can image how big it is) to the north of the Bird's Nest, it is named as National Forest Park. Then we had more walk and more sweat plus some grass and trees and a lake and more people :P We spent almost seven hours for the visiting. I throw myself into the sofa as soon as possible when I was home. I think people sometime have fun together with pain therefore the fun become more impressive, that explains in someway why I did not feel the same when I got there again for several times.

The Jinshan (golden hill) Temple I had a trip to the Jinshan Temple last month, and I took some pictures by my phone. Thanks to the new technology, I can carry a camera without addition equipment. Jinshan in Chinese means a golden hill. Jinshan Temple is well-known in China, because of the wide spread of a tale. As for the tale, there are some backgrounds that one shall understand. Firstly, ancient Chinese people did believe everything could become a mankind when it got enough magic. Even rocks, did someone know where the Money King came from? Secondly, Buddhism in China believe that individual's soul is continually existing even after death, and the soul is reborn in a new born baby without memories after a few years of one's death. The tale is talking about a snake was saved by a scholar when it was in its weakest status after its evolution to a mankind for almost one thousand years, so the snake wont to repay the scholar. A hundred years pasted, the snake transformed into a beautiful girl, she found the scholar who was reborn and they fell in love with each other soon. So they got married and a normal boy was born ( Yes, normal. :D ). However a monk came from Jinshan Temple whose name was Fahai, tried to split them, for some reason like "Monsters must not live in a human society, let alone marriage!". Of cause, they could not get to an agreement. So Fahai kidnapped the scholar to Jinshan Temple. So the snake had a terrible fight with Fahai, and many citizens died. Finally, Monk Fahai won, and locked the snake in Leifeng Tower which was beside the Xihu (the famous beautiful West Lake). But the story had a happy ending, the son grew up, he past the exams hold by the government and finally won the Number One Scholar, he freed his mother. Then they lived together happily ever since....... Then something perhaps true is, there was really a monk whose name was Fahai lived in Jinshan Temple. But Jinshan Temple was named by another story related with Fahai. The temple wasn't existed when Fahai arrived a hill to temper himself, so he lived in a cave. But Fahai was a quite devoted one, he cut one of his fingers to show his determination to build a temple on this hill. By luck or god was touched by his determination, he found gold under the hill, and finally build this temple. Another thing about the tower shows in the picture is that it was once burned by accident, and this is a rebuilt one.

Hand drawing I took many meetings sometimes. When the meeting is boring, I can't stop using my pen to scrawl in my notebook. One day, After I sent the picture taken by my phone to one of my friends through MMS, my friend reply : "Aha, the machines you draw are always good". So, I decide to send him only machines next time.