China: The Roundest Moon In 12 Years

(From Baidu.com)

What is this?

It is a picture of Moon I found on the Internet. It is reported that we can witness the roundest and biggest Moon in 12 years. At 19:00 tonight, the distance between the moon and the earth is about 357500km, which is the shortest distance in the past 12 years. Thanks to this, the moon will be 1/6 bigger than usual tonight.

I tried to take a picture of the moon at 7:00pm. However, due to the poor performance of my digital camera (Canon Ixus 800) which is not good at taking pictures at night, failed to get a good picture. The moon was only a small bright spot in most of my pictures. So, I had to look for one online.

The moon always triggers people's imagination. Chang'E, the beautiful fairy living in the moon palace in ancient Chinese myths, the Jade Rabbit, her loyal companion in that lonely place. Wu Gang, the man who had to keep felling a laurel on the moon as a punishment to him. Artemis, the Godess of Moon in Greek myths......We can name a lot of legends about the moon.

The moon is also a mysterious place we are trying our best to explore. We have set out our first satellite around the moon last year, and our austronauts had successfully walk a little in the space. Maybe we can walk on the moon in no time.

Let's see when we can make it......

Time For NYR

We've finally entered a new year. What will 2009 bring us finally?

We have experienced a lot in 2008, sorrow mingling with joy. The snow storms at the beginning of the year, the devastating Quake in Sichuan, the Olymplics and Paralympics....And of course one thing that should not be forgotten: the rollercoaster-like Chinese stock market, where many Chinese people have suffered a lot.

What is my NYR( New Year Resolution)?

Earn more....
Play more....
More leisure and pastime....
Learn to drive....

Too realistic, eh? It's better to lead a realistic life, though.

The Lost 2008...The Coming 2009

I could hardly believe 2008 has been part of my memory now...I'm in a brandnew year now. We've experienced a lot in the past year: the snow catastrophe, the earthquake, the Olympics ,and the Paralympics....

Many things happened to me in the past year, too. I worked for a new department, totally new business, I'm busier than before, and may earn more than before....heeeheee. However, everything comes to a "maybe".

I flew to my hometown--Lanzhou on Dec. 29th and back on the last day of the year...such a short trip. I had to do so coz I had to renew my passport which had expired earlier last month. I had to do so to get prepared for my possible trip to Hokkaido, Japan, but who knows whether we can make it or not. It will be great if we can. I was really impressed by the beautiful scenery there in a hot movie released recently in China. The Director, Mr Feng Xiaogang, enthralled me again with his characteristic humor.

I have to prepare my plan for the new year, how I will do my business and improve my work in a new year. I hope everything will be better and better for me, for my family, and for everyone I love.

Happy new year! And thanks for coming!