I love cheese, blueberry pie also...

       Blueberry pie is a comforting sort of dessert, especially with thick soured cream or crème

fraîche in the American style. Individual tarts travel well if you're risking one last picnic to spin

out summer as long as possible. Instead of fresh Dorset blueberries - which are harvested into

September - you could use frozen ones, or make the pie with blackberries, but you'll probably

need to add more sugar to taste for the filling. The English blueberries are sweeter than imports.

       I searched for its cooking procedures:

       First make the pastry. In a food processor, mixer or by hand, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth and creamy. Slowly add the beaten egg - scraping the sides of the bowl every so often if you are using a mixer - until they are mixed well, then slowly fold in the flour. Mould the dough into 2 balls, wrap it in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

       Roll out the pastry on a floured table to about 3mm thick. Cut 4 discs large enough to line 10cm x 3cm-deep individual tart tins and leaving about ¹¿2cm overlapping the edge. Cut 4 more discs to fit the tops. Or adjust accordingly for one larger tart tin. Lightly grease the tins with butter and line with the larger disc of pastry to just above the top of the tin. Leave to rest for 1 hour in the fridge.

       Meanwhile put the blueberries into a saucepan with the caster sugar and water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Dilute the arrowroot with a little water, add to the blueberries and simmer for 2-3 minutes stirring occasionally. Transfer into a bowl and leave to cool.

       I will try it this afternoon^^

just now i read shadow's "what's missing in our education?" and i have something to say and discuss with you allo(∩_∩)o...

1 do you think that the western education is better than our asian education? how do you know? what's the differences?

2 do you think that interest is very important for one's study and work? would you choose a major or job that is we say "practical" but not fit to your interest?

3 how can we improve our english teaching nowadays in big cities and country side? what do you think of the trend to learn english all over the world? as i know, there're thousands of english summer  camps during summer vacation, most of them are very expensive. 

4 do you think that what you have learnt from the class is very useful? why or why not?

if we can discuss the above question together, i think it's a good way to understand and answer "what's missing in our education" especially english education, what's your  opinion? 

it is unreasonable and unbelievable but i do have got a bad cold. my throat is burning and my hardly gets cough and i can't speak a word.

i feel so bad and can't understand, i think that's in summer, how can i....

do you have such kind of experience.what would you do? now i  can only stay in bed and turn on my computer, listened to music and have some reading. my brain can't think too much, it gets pain. and i remember it's such a long time since my last sick.i do feel uncomfortable. if one is sick, he can't go far, can't eat what he likes to eat, can't say much, can't do whatever he want to do.people like me must go crazy about these.

how i want to stay health forever.and hope everyone does so.

Some teachers have an ill impression of e-dictionary, which could be reasonable. However, it depends on the e-dictionaries they refer to. If the e-dictionaries only tell the user of the pronunciation and some concise Chinese definitions without any trace of collocations or sentence examples, they are, politely speaking, for emergency only. If you are a Chinese student in a hope to grasp English as a life-long communication tool, please choose your e-dictionary carefully. Someone argues that we’d better refer to the paper dictionaries. But how can we resist the temptation of turning to e-dictionaries which can hold every words of the paper ones while offering quick entries and cross-reference? Isn’t that over-stubborn to reject the convenience the modern science and technology bring about and be a paper-dictionary slave? We are not doing research. We are English learners for practical purpose.

Er… I’m not here advertising for any brand of e-dictionary, for I am here, you see, just talking about the my point of view of some wise choices you would probably make. And I hope that you can easily get the answer to the title question. Good luck!

I have been wondering whether a register’s web page would disappear, if he/she disappears himself/herself from this tangible world.

Is there only one-way connection between the earth and the heaven?

I’ve invited you to be my online good friend, but you have already gone back to your paradise, could it ever happen that you click the button of permission?

Could I still cherish the fanciful idea that you might see my greetings on the message board?

If I were favored by such a way of communication, my words to you would be like this: you were in such a hurry, like, or just as, an angel, unable to wait any longer to go back to your land, leaving on my mind the impression as a pure and pretty little girl, everlasting and never fadable.

Would we all have at least two tombs in the future, one in the earth, another on the line? The WE in the earth feel the palpable rhythm of the garden, peaceful but restricted; the WE on the line keep pace with the ongoing world, restless but never lagging behind.

Yesterday, I went to a free French demonstration class under my friend’s persuasion. Before, I had been wavering whether to go or not on account of my extremely low French level. Then she reassured saying that I could speak English, not all the students could truly speak French.

It's a boresome day. I have to wait for my train ticket  one more day and I cannot go back home immediately.

I just hope my ticket can be bought tomorrow. Blessing. God please help me.

The reason I go to Shanghai is that I will take part in the Hiall summer career camp.I choose to go because I think I can make a lot of friends there and learn a lot. It's really a good chance to gain my experience and I am looking forward to it for a long time .Therefore, no matter how difficult to buy the train ticket,I will go there with my friends. I believe that we are a team and team can solve all the problems.It's a trip of learning and I will never forget this.I will never forget the dear friends and how we share with each other.

I strongly recommend this website for you if you will hunt jobs sooner or later:

http://hiall.com.cn/hiall_home/

In this world , you will find friends are important someday. If you have one and  a half friend, you are lucky. This world need us to commnunicate with others .

By the way, I really hope that my train ticket can be baught successfully.

    Still I haven't found summer intern job and go on my boring vacation...

    Just as Jackie says,"Why vacation becomes 伐开心!"  As to my present life,maybe this is ironically a funny description.

    Really I feel too boring these days...

    Tomorrow I'll go to an interview.In fact, I like this intern job so I want to have such a chance,but it's competitive.Anyhow, I should be confident even if I miss it!

    On the other hand, I think I must start my second major paper. In the past days, I'm too busy to be engaged in the job hunting and have no result. So I've decided to stop the hunting and concentrating on the paper if I eventually can't find any...

    I feel I'm becoming more and more lazy after the senior high school. Especially in English learning. This website will be helpful to my English. I'm grateful to Jackie for her recommending! 

    Thank you very much indeed,Xiao Mei!

when i was looking for a university to continue my education, some of my friends and my cousin suggested me "if you are going abroad for master, you should choose a practical course". that inspires me about why they emphasised practical? and does it mean our education is not practical enough?

looking back of my high school and university education, seems like that in middle school, all the students and teachers were focusing on exam, score and when i was in university, the courses were designed too theoretical, not that many chances for us to practice. 

it is said that education should be devided in four sections: family education, academic education, social education and religion education. maybe there is no way for Chinese people reach the religion education, but i think something about that should be mention because religion is the root of culture in western countries. by learning that we may understand the culture better and help us to get a overview worldwide.

       It is my last summer holiday, a bit sad and exciting about the working patterns

so far. Nevertheless, why can not I enjoy freedom and casualness?

       It is enormously busy 2 months. Believe it or not, I can attach my schedule:

Wake up at 8,

Finish breakfast at 8.30,

Prepare for Gre-sub till 12,

Lunch time for 30 mins,

From 1 to 5, time for toefl at HangZhou on Aug 17th,

......

Sleep at 1 o' clock,

Terrifyingly busy and tired elements constitue the sustantials of my life.

A handsome guy is just trapped in this miserable way......

       Limits are invisible potentials melt in our blood, vessels and body, as gifts sent

by god during his/ her creation. However, it is a prevailing scenario that a majority

of people are totally unaware of their limits, or even maintain untouched.

       Milk has a guarantee period, so is food. Undoubtedly, it indicates that situations

differ from superior to inferior contemporarily. The key to justify the barrier

between perfection and misery is the limits.

       Turning just to the limits that applied to daily life, a simple example about

running can be demonstrated. You go running one morning. It is over 5 laps that you 

feel exhuasted. Maybe you just stop and drive home. But what if you take a further 1

lap? You might be out of breathe meanwhile you may also feel satisfied about the

exercising. Finish the undone task, break the unbroken record, surpass the vacant

channel, all you need is to clarify your own limits.

Have you ever think about how to keep the banlance between working and living?I believe the majority of people have to face this problem.

When your childern ask you to play tennis,you have to deal with a stack of files;When your wife ask you to have dinner tonight,you say that you have to work late.In fact we have to face this kind of problems everyday and how to make choices?

The key to happiness is balance and we all wish to work and live happily. In my opinion, everyone can realize this dream if he has the ability to notice the happiness around.

The most important thing is that u must have a happy heart so you are able to work and live happily.You know you are the master of yourself better than others so you know how to arrange your time.You will play with your children and enjoy the warm family time .You know how to give up wisely so yo can get in another way.You know how to deal with difficulties wisely and gracefully.

Happy working and happy living is not a dream but your life.You should live like this you are definitely worth it.

Work for yourself and you will feel that working is not boring.You are living your life every day and you feel you gain.

The real success should be like this.You can be successful both in working and living.You feel happy about what you do and how you  do it.

Happy working and happy living and keep smiling.:-)

When one is away from home, one have to depend on his own.

When I am out for my job, I deeply feel it.

I must rent a house for living, I ought to learn to not to be cheated by bad guys, I need to decide everything, and I have to pay for everything.

Well, I am not a school girl any more. It's time I face the music, and let my parents at ease.

I believe I can make it, no matter how hard it is.

    These days, we are under a training called intel-education.Intel believes that education is the key to a productive future. That’s why Intel has invested over one billion dollars and Intel employees have invested over two million hours to improve education in over 50 countries. We prepare the lessons on computer according to teacher’s instructions.

       How lucky it would be under the ignorance of one's shortcomings!

       I am gradually clearing up the hidden images of myself in my mind. Thus,

tolerance is demanded to scan my shortcomings.

       I just write some of them down in case I am accustomed to my weaknesses one

day.

• Too much enjoyment of reputation. That's why I am always hurt since I am

not willing to say 'no' to my friends.

• Lack of persistence. I am ready to do anything challenging despite of the fact

that I can not hold on. Strengh should be solidified to my will power.

• Diversity of destinations eliminates the dominance of pursuit. It is a common

phenomenon that I have 3 or 4 tasks to cover simultaneously. It surely results no

satisfaction of each of the task. Decision about whether it is superior or inferior s

should be made.

       I am wandering about in my forests, trapped in a cave and forget the way out.

Just a single beam of light... 

      The movie 'closer' is fantastic just like a textbook telling you all about love.

      4 world-class celebrities, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen

add philosophic elements into that traditional drama, Closer.

      Before the first scene appears, a song of the most impressive lyrics and juicy

rhythm permeates into the depth of your mind, 'the blower's daughter' by Damien

Rice.

And so it is
just like you said it would be
life goes easy on me
most of the time
and so it is
the shorter story
no love no glory
no hero in her skies
i can't take my eyes off of you
and so it is
just like you said it should be
we'll both forget the breeze
most of the time
and so it is
the colder water
the blower's daughter
the pupil in denial
i can't take my eyes off of you
did I say that I loathe you?
did I say that I want to
leave it all behind?
i can't take my mind off of you
my mind
TilI find somebody new

       The movie contains almost every aspect of love. As a result, it took me 4 times

to completely understand the key inside that box. Deceiving, compromising,

hesitating, deciding, regreting and sex melt together in a wonderful pattern that

sharpen the theme of the movie.

       The movie and relationship between each couple is rather complicated. Please

allow me to skip this boring part of introduction. Love is cheating. Love is disguising.

Love is trapping. Enjoy this movie and you might find situations familiar,

enlightening, touching.