Trip to Key West

I went to the Key West in this winter holiday. Key West is a very beautiful island located in the southernmost of Florida, and of course, also the southernmost of The United States of America. After 4-hour’s drive from Miami, we arrived at this beautiful place. Because it is in the tropical area, so it has no winter. The average temperature there in December can be as high as 80F. Palm trees grow all around the island. Houses there are mostly in the Central American style. We can hardly find these things in Toledo. It seems that residents here are very rich because many of them have famous dogs in their homes. Sports car were seen everywhere on the street. I think the blooming economics here are resulted from its great tourism. But because it is a tourist attraction and a small island, the price here is typically high! I bought a normal swimming pants for 50 dollars in the Key West. Residents here are living a very peaceful but also exciting life. They love swimming (Key West has one of the best beaches in the U.S), fishing, diving… They are born to love water-related activities. Ethnicity of residents can be mainly divided into three parts. One is original people. The other two kinds are people who immigrated from the mainland of the United States and Central American world like Mexico, Cuban (very close). A great number of immigrants from overseas make Spanish the second mostly used language in this island. I really love this place because of its very attractive scenery and unique mixed culture.

There are only two people in China speaking the truth

In modern China, There are only two people in China speaking the truth! One is the professor in Chinese University of Hongkong, Xianping Lang. And the other is the colonel in the army, Xu Dai. Xu uses very detailed example and logical anaysis to gragh the future of china and the difficulties China are facing right now.

Nowadays, everone are pursuing GDP and nobody cares about how GDP comes from. The are two real examples in the history of China. GDP of China was highest in the world in Song and Qing dynasty. But both dynasties didn't get away from the fate of the death. Why is that. Because their GDP came from the lower level of industry production. Western countries inhibit China to produce higher level of production. Like ipod, the design is in U.S but production is in China. So although China has very high GDP, it will not get away the control of other countries if China don't focus on higher level of production.

Thinking about getting the green card

I am dreaming of getting the green card one day. This country will limited me a lot in improvement because of my indentity. There are three ways to get the green card. One is chosen by most of international students. They will choose to get hired by a company. Then the company will apply for green card for them. The second way is by marriage. The third way is through investment. And the last way is through political asylum. Of course for me, I will choose the first way if nothing surprising happened. But only the best students can be hired by companies in U.S. Because those companies are required to hire american students first then international students. And they have to provo to immigration bureau that this postion can't be qualified by U.S citizens. They also have to pay $5000 to apply H1B visas for those international students. And things are not over after you get the H1B visa, you have to apply for green card with 20% possibility. So it is really hard for international students to stay in U.S.

About China's Economy in 2010

I am very worried about China's economy in 2010. Every one knows that China's GDP increases by 10% last year. 2009 is the year when the global economy crisis is most serious. GDP in every other countries except China decreased a lot. Why only China is increasing? There must be some problem in it.Every thing can't be away from the world rule including China. Then I found that most of China's GDP comes from those fundamental building like real estate, freeway, port and rail roads. But where? They are western area of China. Those places are less developed and don't need such many things. Put a lot of funds in these area will lead to very serious production overcapacity. Although it will help to increase GDP in short amount of time. But the problem of overcapacity will appear very soon. The government should put a lot of money in increasing wages of citizens to increase consumption. So year 2010 will be very complex for China.

I gave a talk in the ward today

I gave a talk about how I joined the church today. I feel really exciting about my experience of joining the church. This was actually my first public talk in the LDS church and I expressed everything I felt about the experience. I used to be in faith of Buddhism which affect every one born in China since they were very young. But I've never felt the spirit about it and I failed in the College Entrance Exam although my parents go to the Buddhism temple to ask for blessing many times. Then I come to U.S for bachelor's degree in University of Toledo. After one semester, I plan to transfer to another better university which is BYU. Two missionaries knew me through my application to BYU. They come to my home and taught me scriptures every week. And I clearly feel the spirit exist the first time when I try to pray. Later I joined the church and I got the blessings in all aspects.

I am too lazy these days!

Maybe because there are no exams for this week, I feel very reliefed. I have slept for more than 11 hours every day. Then it makes me have no time to do the homework. And I nearly missed the quiz for my econ 382 class. Heavenly father seemed punish me this week for my action. I earned very less money on my work for this week. I have already confessed my miss at church. Heavenly father told me,"No matter how many things you have to do everyday, you must keep hard working in order to stay away from lazy." I decided to follow this. I will be the actuary in the future. I still have a lot of designation exams to pass. So I can't only use requirements from college to require myself. I have to require myself more, like review for those designation exams everyday for at least three hours. Hope that I can do it for the next week.

Study in Spring and Summer

I plan to take both spring and summer term during the Summer holiday. I have attended a immigration lecture given in WSC this Saturday. It's really important for me to get the internship as soon as possilble. I will have the chance to get the extended 17-month OPT after graduate. If I can't find any company to sponsor H1B visa during that period, I will lose the identity in United States immediately. So I have to finish a series of important courses in order to pass some designation exams and fulfill some credits at the same time. My major is actuarial science. So I have to pass several professional exams to get the chance of interview. I will have two interviews with AON and Mercer on the coming Tuesday. Good luck to me.