Everything is coming up roses

I hope: Everything is coming up roses.

"come up roses" is an expression I just now learned. I think I have grasped it.

I remember, on Mid-Autumn Day, I, with my good friend climbed Baiyun Mountain. At that time, going for a walk along the path, we played a joke that we each made three wishes. Anyway, they must be related to heath, family, work, etc. All in all, that is, we hope everything's coming up roses. For everyone, so it is. No exception. It is so.

Idioms about colour

When reading, we can meet some idioms or expressions with different colours. Personally, I accumulated some, such as white lies, black sheep, green hand, red tape, black and blue etc. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. I never think of any good method to remember or understand them effectively. I coincidently browsed a web, where these color idioms were taught in a story. That is to say, in a context. So cool. To tell the truth, I like this. Share it with all of you:

A Silver Lining ( And there is an audio file, ^-^ )

P.S: A little long. Patient, please. I benefit much from it. I think you also can.

English study plan

In an instant, days are gone without any hesitation. The last quarter of a year. A complete blank. I am good at making plans but they will finally be a complete blank too. ...... Now I wanna grasp the tail of this year. Make an English-study plan now:

1) Listening: At least 20 min per day

2) Reading: news, blogs, or other materials (^-^ I can insist on this one )

3) Translating: 2 short passages per week

4) Writing: blogging often

Action!

Jasmine

I bought a potted jasmine to my home yesterday. To my surprise, there are still two buds on it. It is said that the flower blossoms usually from June to October. Pity that now is already late October. Have no idea whether it will blossom. Expecting it will bring me a new life, promising, fantastic life!

Recomend a good software ---CRadio

The other day, one of my net-pal recommended a good software to me, that is CRadio. It is totally free and with no malware and plug-in of advertisements. These days, I indulged in the music sea. Especially those old songs, which recalled the past. Cool!

CRadio embodies more than 3,000 broadcasting stations, including finance and economics, entertainment, city news, foreign broadcasting stations, popular music, rock & roll, jazz, folk music, and symphony etc.
It can also play local media files, supporting updating online, built-in recording, shifting skins, multilingual service, hotkey operation, automatic reconnection, timing recording, timing playing, timing shutdown, and talking clock, etc.

Why not have a try?

You are My Sunshine

A New Employee

Just now, I read a humour:

A New Employee
Several weeks after a young man had been hired, he was called into the personnel director's office.

"What is the meaning of this?" the director asked. "When you applied for the job, you told us you had five years' experience. Now we discover this is the first job you ever held."

"Well," the young man said. “in your advertisement you said you wanted somebody with imagination."

Clara: If you were asked like that, what would you say? haha And if you were the personnel director, what would you do then? ^-^ Are there any interesting or "dangerous" experience in your job interview? Did you escape?

What is melamine?

The other day, I hung out. At the window of some stores on the roadside, I saw " ** Milk, buy one and get another free". In some supermarkets, so it is. And in Guangzhou, local milk products are more popular. All of these because of the Sanlu Milk scandal, Sanlu Milk products were tested with the highest content of melamine. Before this incident, I was not familiar with the word, melamine. What is melamine?

Melamine is an organic base chemical most commonly found in the form of white crystals rich in nitrogen

What is melamine generally used for?

Melamine is widely used in plastics, adhesives, countertops, dishware, whiteboards.

Why was melamine added into milk and powdered infant formula?

In China, where adulteration has occurred, water has been added to raw milk to increase its volume. As a result of this dilution the milk has a lower protein concentration. Companies using the milk for further production (e.g. of powdered infant formula) normally check the protein level through a test measuring nitrogen content. The addition of melamine increases the nitrogen content of the milk and therefore its apparent protein content.

Addition of melamine into food is not approved by the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius (food standard commission), or by any national authorities.

What are the health effects of melamine consumptions in humans?

While there are no direct human studies on the effect of melamine data from animal studies can be used to predict adverse health effects. Melamine alone causes bladder stones in animal tests. When combined with cyanuric acid, which may also be present in melamine powder, melamine can form crystals that can give rise to kidney stones.

These small crystals can also block the small tubes in the kidney potentially stopping the production of urine, causing kidney failure and, in some cases, death. Melamine has also been shown to have carcinogenic effects in animals in certain circumstances, but there is insufficient evidence to make a judgment on carcinogenic risk in humans.

The above quotation is linked from http://www.who.int

I'm blue

Today, I am in low mood without any reason. I don't know the reason. Just annoyed. Maybe I am suffered from Holiday Syndrome. On the first day off, I was relaxed. That day I didn't sleep over like usual. I got up early and did some cleaning. I found when I cleaned the room, I was always happy. I didn't open my cellphone or PC whole day. However, today, I was not. I didn't want to do anything. Having no choice, I listened to music to adjust myself. In fact, I am not used to making myself public. Don't laugh at me. ....... Tomorrow going to enjoy the sunshine ......