英国来后第二次复活节过了。 在樱花满开的时候，我想到过年的故事。 过年三月初我生才过了中文。 （如何写了秘密！） 八月在名古屋上过了中文课学习说汉语。 今年二月以后我朋友在教我声调。 但是，我学习很慢。 不但我的记忆坏，而但因为是懒汉，学习不迸展。 不好意思呀。 在暇期底，我决心了再努力学习中文比实际的理由及非实际的理由。 其实现在中文能说的人材有利工作，并且能用你们的语言逗你们笑是乐趣，，，呵呵。 （当然，你们用日文逗我笑也是乐趣。） 我知道是很奇怪的文章，可以没有意思的。 不过，请你们别怎么着轻视，所以这是也学习一重要部分的！！ My second Easter in England has finished. Surrounded by cherry blossoms in full bloom, I am rememberring last Easter. At the beginning of March in last year, I wrote in Chinese for the first time in my life. (I have no way to tell you what I wrote,,,,,many apologoes,,,,haha!) In August, I took some private lessens of Chinese conversation in my hometown. From this Feburary on, one of my friends kindly has been correcting my terrible Chinese pronunciation. However, I don't seem to be a quick learner. Not only with my dawnting memory, but also with my sloth-like laziness, only a little improvement has made. It's a shame. At the end of Easter break, so, I resolved to study the language a bit more harder with a practical reason and not practical reason. Actually, I could have a certain advantage for business by learning Chinese, besides I believe it's nice if I make you Chinese speakers laugh in Chinese!!(Of course it also would be nice if you can make me laugh in Japanese,,,,lol) I know the Chinese sentenses I composed are crap.(so does my English,,,,) But, you can't laugh at me,,,,,,as it's an important part of my learning process!

Only 5 days before the departure, I decided my journey plan to the continent. Thanks to the pretty inconvenient time table of my final exam and extra lectures, I could not book any cheap flight before hand. What I had tried to do was then enjoying a slow journey by using alternative transports,,,,,,,,so my first destination was set on Harwich International Port where there is a dairy ferry service to Hoek van Holland. I had been interested in the view of meadews from great eastern train around Harwich and the sight of the town actually was quite nice. If I had had a time to see around the little port town, it would have been nice,,,,,,however, the train station is connected directly to the international port, and after a very simple passport control, I could board onto the Stena ferry. To my surprise, there were a lot more passengers than I had expected besides pssengers with normal ticket had to find any place to stay inside the canteen. Some unlucky people could not find their seats and had stay at aisles instead. I was a regular passenger ofcourse,but at least a lucky sort; I found a seat on the corner and start reading with a cup of esspresso and a glass of brandy. The crew were all friendly and hardworking (not surprisingly, I found that most of them were Dutch guys!) and the free movie service was unexpected merit. However, I have to admit the 7 hours voyage with a bunch of lads ran around me yelling was more than enough to make me exhausted. In addition, the heavy wind did not allow me to enjoy the ocean view from the top deck. In event, only those short tories were my company to my next destination, Hoek van Holland. At Hoek van Holland, I noticed 2 things;1, the train sevice to Amstredam is much more frequent and convenient than my anticipation, 2, I can use only coins to buy a ticket. There was no currency exchange, but only a tiny diner which served local sea foods with chips and canned soda. And the attempt of other passengers to communicate with the owner in English seemed to end up in vain. So I decided to go back to the port and ask the ticket office to break my bank note. Fortunately, my strategy worked well, albeit too well to be asked by another passenger how to get coins, and keep my eyes on his luggage while he went to break his money ( I'd better learn how to say NO, as I missed some trains for that,,,,,,). After I somehow got on the train, finally I felt a bit relieved and started to enjoy my first visit to the Netherlands. It took only 1.5 hour to get to Delft, though again I found another problem; owing to the ENGENEERING (one of the worst things you can expect in Europe indeed), there was no direct service to Amsterdam and no sign posts to show me where I could catch the alternative bus services neither!! With some of other passengers, I had to run around to catch the bus and finally I got on it, I noticed a strange feeling which I had never had;'I am enjoying these troubles!',perhaps it can be the only thing which I have learned through the one and half a year of life as a foreigner. The bus took me to the station outside Amsterdam. The next thing I had to do was to ask where my hotel was by showing the map. It turned out that the station is quite close to the hotel, and even I could go there by taxi. As I had been already informed by my family, the taxi (not only the one I caught but most of them) were Mercedes, and only 12 minutes drive from there to the hotel was Mercedes price as well. But I was too tired to walk wround and look for any alternative way to get there, and still felt happy when I could finally find the hotel. From the first grimpse, it was not difficult to find out that the hotel is a Chinese one. From receptionists to cleaners, and the interior decoration I could understand that and I appreciate the price which can be extraordinally cheap in Amsterdam, the city with one the most highest hotel fees. Immediately after I left my things in the room, I left to the city center to find something to eat for dinner. By that moment, I could feel the lively air and a fascinating night view of the city. And once I stepped out of the trum, I could taste the SMOKY aspect of the city,,,,,not only with cannabis, but also there are a lot of Argentine BBQ restaurant around Dam Square. Thus I chose one of them and start up my dinner with a glass of red wine,,,,,,,