Friday, December 18, 2009
Have tea in the morning
Friday,December 18,2009
Several days ago,our office bought a dozen of tea cups.My boss have teas these days.So do I.
The following sentences which is about the benefits of tea are searched by google:
The benefits of tea
Much has been written and said about the amazing health benefits of tea. So much in fact, that it's often difficult to separate fact from fiction. What are the scientifically recognized benefits of tea? The following is a brief synopsis of the latest findings.
AgingIf you are the type to fret over the appearance of wrinkles, age spots and other signs of growing old, oolong tea may be the answer to your worries. In a recent experiment carried out jointly by researchers from the US, Taiwan and Japan, mice which were fed tea displayed fewer signs of aging than mice that were fed water. The Straits Times, Sept. 24, 01
AllergiesThe wonder cup just got even more wonderful. Green tea, rich in antioxidant treasures that protect against heart disease and cancer, now shows promise as an allergy fighter. In laboratory tests, Japanese researchers have found that the antioxidants in green tea, block the biochemical process involved in producing an allergic response. Green tea may be useful against a wide range of sneeze-starting allergens, including pollen, pet dander, and dust. Prevention, April 2003
ArthritisGreen tea catechins are chondroprotective and consumption of green tea may be prophylactic for arthritis and may benefit the arthritis patient by reducing inflammation and slowing cartilage breakdown. The Journal of Nutrition, Mar 2002
Green tea may be useful in controlling inflammation from injury or diseases such as arthritis. Boston Globe, April 26, 99
Bone StrengthTea flavonoids may be bone builders. A report in this week's Archives of Internal Medicine looked at about 500 Chinese men and women who regularly drank black, green, or oolong tea for more than 10 years. Compared with nonhabitual tea drinkers, tea regulars had higher bone mineral densities, even after exercise and calcium-which strengthen bones-were taken into account. U.S. News & World Report, May 20, 2002
Cancer"Tea is one of the single best cancer fighters you can put in your body," according to Mitchell Gaynor, MD, director of medical oncology at the world-renowned Strong Cancer Prevention Center in New York City and co-author of Dr. Gaynor's Cancer Prevention Program. The latest tea discovery? Strong evidence that both green and black tea can fight cancer-at least in the test tube-though green tea holds a slight edge. In a new study, both teas kept healthy cells from turning malignant after exposure to cancer-causing compounds. Prevention, May 2000
People who drink about 4 cups of green tea a day seem to get less cancer. Now we may know why. In recent test-tube studies, a compound called EGCG, a powerful antioxidant in tea, inhibited an enzyme that cancer cells need in order to grow. The cancer cells that couldn't grow big enough to divide self-destructed. It would take about 4 cups of green tea a day to get the blood levels of EGCG that inhibited cancer in the study. Black tea also contains EGCG, but at much lower concentrations. Prevention, Aug 1999
CholesterolTea can lower 'bad' cholesterol levels. Researchers at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, asked test subjects to eat low-fat, low-calorie prepared meals and drink five cups of caffeinated tea or caffeinated and non-caffeinated placebos that mimicked the look of tea. Levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol dropped 10 percent among the test subjects who drank tea. Vegetarian Times, Jan 2003
Heart DiseaseDrinking black tea may lower the risk of heart disease because it prevents blood from clumping and forming clots. In a recent study, researchers found that while drinking black tea, the participants had lower levels of the blood protein associated with coagulation. Better Nutrition, Jan 2002
Better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one,Ó says a Chinese proverb. Research is showing it may just be true. Dr. Kenneth Mukamal of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reported that out of 1,900 heart-attack patients, those who drank two or more cups a day reduced their risks of dying over the next 3.8 years by 44 percent. Newsweek, May 20, 2002
Weight LossTrying to lose weight? Reach for a cup of green tea instead of a diet beverage. Compared to the placebo and caffeine, green tea extract consumption produced a significant 4% increase in 24-hour energy expenditure. If you consume 2,000 calories per day and don't gain or lose weight (you're in energy balance), an increase of 4% would translate roughly into an 80-calorie daily difference. Over a year, this could result in 89 pounds of weight loss. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nov 1999
Recent evidence shows that in the battle of fat loss, green tea may be superior to plain caffeine. According to a new study, green tea appears to accelerate calorie burning - including fat calories. Researchers suggest compounds in green tea called flavonoids may change how the body uses a hormone called norepinephrine, which then speeds the rate calories are burned. Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness, April 2000
Loose vs BagsTea made from loose leaves has more antioxidants than tea bags, which tend to have lower-quality, powdered leaves. Prevention, April 2003
Black vs GreenBlack tea is turning out to be just as healthful as green tea. Univ of California Wellness Letter, March 2002
One cup of black or green tea has more antioxidant power than a serving of broccoli, carrots, or spinach. Prevention, Aug 1998
Decaf TeaTea decaffeinated using a natural CO-2 process retains 90% of its cancer-fighting properties. Prevention, Feb 2000
Java junkies, perk up: Substituting tea for coffee will cut your caffeine intake by more than half. Prevention, May 96
White TeaWhite tea appears to have more potent anticancer qualities than green tea. Reuters Health, March 30, 2000
2009-12-18 22:24:43
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Fog,cold
Saturday, December 12,2009
This morning,I wear two shirts.Yesterday morning was a little cold.In the morning,there is thick fog.One shirt cannot keep heat.
The Bangladesh labors rise up early in the morning.It’s about 5:00.They have to spend nearly 2 hours in their journey to our site.So when they appear in front of us,they wear caps and scarves.Today,Mr YAO approved their request that they can arrive at our container office at 8:30.That means they can sleep half an hour more in bed.NICE.
I get up 7:30-40 in recent days.
NOW I NEED TO READ MY LITTLE ENGLISH-CHINESE DICTIONARY.I used it in my college English test.
2009-12-12 21:48:05
Supervising Job
Sunday, December 13, 2009
These days I introduce the mechanical work to a Bangladesh supervisors every mornig.This job is easy,and it’s also not easy sometimes. When a installation is going on,I have to invite the supervisor to check the work.And when the work is finished,I should get his signature on a inspection paper.That means a work is really completed.
Today,a section circular cooling water pipes was partly finished except backfilling.IN the design drawing,the backfilling material should be coarse sand.But the construction personnel use soil.That’s not suitable.But I cant persuade them.I am a little personnel. I dont know what my supervising friend will see and say tomorrow.
In work,one will contact with many sides of peple.Profit is all what a person want.IN many situations one’s honest is throwed away. Deceit made this worl much complex.We can live simple life and be comfortable in our heart.
2009-12-13 21:40:34
Busy with quality control documents
Mon+Tue,December 14-15,2009
I have to collect quality contoling papers for quality documents system.
Head is full of confusions.
Cannot calm down myself.
2009-12-15 14:21:30
Three “Request for inspection” papers
Wednesday,December 16,2009
Three types of pipes sectionally inspected this afternoon.
One is circular cooling water pipe.
The second pipe is fire protection pipe for outdoor transformer.
The third pipe is emergency pipe for lube oil skid.
It’s difficult to draft quality documents.I just start the first several sentences.
2009-12-16 17:19:26
Gas piping work
Thursday,December 17,2009
These days,a Bangladesh company workgroup is doing the cleaning work of gas pipes.This afernoon they are beginning to bury them under earth.The gas pipe is much thicker than cicular cooling pipe,for the reason of safety and high pressure.
While common steel pipe dont need to make groove at the junction end for welding,gas pipe must makes it.Groove(also called beveled edge) is cut for the use of firmly union by welding.
The little device which makes the groove is roundly fix beside the mouth of pipe.It consist of 3 main parts.The first is flame nozzle which spray out high-temperature flame cuting off steel edge aslant.The second is a chain which go around the pipe.The nozzle is fixed on the chain and it go on it like a train. The third is some gears and screw which make the nozzle move on the chain.
2009-12-17 22:54:13
Friday, December 11, 2009
LONG TIME NO SEE
LONG time no writing.It’s really hard to keep on doing something.The last time I wrote my diary was on Nobember 14th.Almost a month has passed. That days I feel nothing is valuable to record.And I indulged in the PC game of warcraft.A lot of time was wasted.I pray for the forgiveness of my soul.
These days,I introduce on-site work about mechanic to Bangladesh supervisors.When some work was finished I will request them to check and sign on inspection documents.
Today the steel structure frame is basically completed.All steel columns,beams and bracing were fixed firmly with high strenth bolt jiont and welding connection.
Circle colling water pipes were embeded underground all these days.Excavate-paint-wrap cloth -align- weld -backfill.Before backfilling,I should request superbisor to come to inspect.The quality points are the thickness of painting,airtight pressure test and backfilling materials
Two big fuel gas compressor and assorted motor had been lied down on foundations.The foundation is supported by four columns.The bottom level of these two foundation is even higher than my height. Normally,a foundation will made just on earth.The foundation is constructed above ground.It’s because fuel gas go in and out of compressor from the bottom of this machine.Two pipes(inlet ang outlet) will be fixed to the interfaces which are designed in the bottom.
And another important work is installing colling tower equipments.The tower is consisted of three units.The size of each unit is 6*6 meters.A unit includes fans,top-open cylinder,motor, reduction gearbox,water gathering system,water distribution systems,plastic filler, etc.Fan drive steam up and out of tower,and in the process sprayed hot water confront cool steam.The steam bring heat out of tower.Today,they fix the distribution pipes.
It’s very late.I should go to bed.
2009-12-12 0:17:59
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Long night,all lonely
Nothing fresh in job.
Kobe scores 41 points and Lakers win against Rocket by 103-102.
November 6 - 8, Sunny
I work in night shift these days.From 20:00 to 08:00 in the morning.Happy play Warcraft3,I even forget to write my diary.
The night is longly.I should find something to do.HAHA.
There are some 30 people work all night.During 20—22:00,there are about 120 people work in this period.
I maybe work in night shift for about 20 days.The former do in night shift for 3 weeks.
I have to sleep.BYE.
2009-11-9 0:55:27
Monday, November 09, 2009 Sunny
Today,I get up at 8:00am.At breakfest,having no appetite,I eat little gruel.All day long,I dont need to work.I have no place to go.I spend my time on web.Browsing too many pages,my eyes get hurt.It’s more comfortable to read paper-pages.
I feel I lost myself.It’s suffering if you find you have nothing valuable to do .I should find something real good and interesting to do.Life should not be idle.Reflecting.
November 10-14, 2009 Sunny
These days I worked in night and sleep in day.Very suffering.
I read seldom english papers or technical documents.
These days I play PC game very much.I mean Warcraft-frozen throne.WCG2009 is hold these days in Chengdu in SICHUAN province.It catch my interest.In Warcraft,China’s players FLY and INFI win all contests.And they will contest champion tomorrow.
I donot need to work in night anymore.HAHA.Night shift is over.Then I work in night for 8 days.
GO ON.GOOD WORK
2009-11-14 18:08:30
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sunday,Novermber 1,2009 Sunny
Sunday,Novermber 1,2009 Sunny
At night,we project managing department go to Chittagong city for big dinner.SINGING!
And now I am back.I am drunk.
SO LATE.
2009-11-2 0:19:30
Monday, November 2, 2009 Sunny
Tonight,drink some liquor and my head is swimmy.
But,I played warcraft.AND PLAYED BASKETBALL JUST NOW!
I am waiting for bath.
A crazy day!
2009-11-2 23:20:33
Tuesday,November 3, 2009 Sunny
Eight o’clock at Night,we 11 Chinese people went to Joshima’s home.Tonight is his sister’s marriage eve. Joshima is 20 and is our site’s excellent labour.He invited me 20days ago.The date changed,but I promised him I will go na matter what time.
We drive a little bus there.12 people crowd all the bus space.And the special one is Babu,he is the highest-salary labour.He know enough electric knowledge to do his on-site job.He direct the way. We arrive at 9:10.
The night is very interesting and funny.We bring 5 cameras and so take many photoes.The bride is very beautiful. Tonight she wear colorful adornment.Jorshima told me his sister is 17. Joshima said his sister is on school in the final year. When she get 18,she will go to her husband’s house.She shake hands with each of us with elegance.We capture some photoes standing close to her.As Moslem creed,woman cant stay with strange man.So after several minutes,she left.Joshima take out fruits ,biscuits,orange carbonated drinks and coco juice.Very Hospitable. Joshima’s family has his Mom,sister and little brother.His dad died when he was 14.He had to left school to earn money to support his family.He is a smart guy.
About 20 people sitting in a narrow room cause much hot heat.After eating some fruits,we leave Joshima’s house temporarily to other labour’s home.In the hamlet living about 10 our labours.They invite us to their home.We would like to see their living scene. These friends are very happy and many kids and teenagers follow us. Every time we go one’s home,they take out drinks and fruits and biscuits.It’s a manner of hot welcome.
Seeing 3 friends’s house,we back to Joshima’s home.And it’s 11:30.The groom is just beginning in ritual.Wear Moslem tradition white clothes and a white cap.He stand on his knees and then sit down with legs coiled.We donot know the meaning.
Yes,in the night we see many beautiful girls.Young ladyes wear makeup in India fashion.That include a red point in the middle brow,long and brunette brows,red lipstick and white face.They sure give me deep impression.
The most lively active thing is dancing!Dance what you like,all by yourself! Banggladeshi really like dancing and singing!It makes people brisk happy and forget anything except the dancing.I cant realize the real meaning but they are sure happy with themselves.And they pass happy to the surroundings.
Because we need to work the coming moring,we leave at 00:00.The big dance has not formally began.I am willing to stay little long time but my colleagues want to go.I donot work under their boss.I work in another department.And their boss call them back times after times.
I reach my room nearly 1:00.My roomate has not go to bed.My head is not clear and a little faint.Bath quickly. and fall asleep soon.
2009-11-4 11:44:41
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Sunny
Today I spend much time in office,reading some electrical documents about gas turbine.I feel not many things I can do on site.These days I arrange two labours clean the site’s main roads.They are in my age level,but have little education.They know little english,so I have to say some things with my gesture.
Do you see large stell pipe for underground drainage and cycle system?These days a group of people are welding some cycle water pipes.These pipes should be firstly removed the rust with abrasive wheel, inside and outside.Then varnish epoxy-tar paint.These steel pipes are transported from China.Stored for about 2 months they get on thick yellow rust.But I heared some German steel material is good enough in anti-rust that it will not rust for 8 years even though being exposed to atmosphere.These pipes are used to connect cooling water pond and pumps.Cooling water is pumped to cool hot machine,like generator and compressor
OH,just now,I have a cool water bath! It’s not my wish.There is no hot water today.Must be something wrong with the heater.HAHA,it’s not so bad.
2009-11-4 23:12:17
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009 Sunny
What did I do today?Too little to say.A ordinary day.
Let me say something about the food in Bangladesh.Firstly,I want to tell you that 1 dollar is equal to 7 yuans or 70 TKs.The prices are about the same level in Ban. and China.Do you know,we Chinese eat rice and dishes with chopsticks. But Bangladeshi eat food use their fingers! Just like Indians.That scene almostly nauseate me at first!Why not chopstick or fork? But I should respect one other nation’s custom.It’s just custom.
In a shop near our project site, a kind of cake costs 3 TKs.A labor may buy 4 to 5 pes for lunch. Because the way to home from work site is so long that it would spends 2 hours.Some carry lunches at morning.We Chinese only buy some drinks from this shop.A bootle of mango drink which contains 250 ml costs 20 TKs. It’s more expensive than Coca cola drink sold in China.Yes,there are red grape juice and carbonated drinks.I like mango and grape juices.There are some strange smell in their carbonated drinks.
Their lives are not easy. I see they often eat rice and pumpkin.May their lives get better.
2009-10-31 0:50:21
Saturday, October 31, 2009 Sunny
Today I want to say something about power plant’s main machine hall frame.The hall frame is consisted of 25 steel columns and many steel beams which link these columns.All these columns and beams are made in the shape of “H”.Like bigger ones of rails. These steel frames are transported here from China.
Columns are used for support.Beams make the frame more strong.These columns are consisted of two or three segments respectively.Every two segments are assemblyed vertically at site via steel plates and bolts. There are rows of holes on the conection ends of the to-be-assemblyed segments.And the same holes( in number and size) are drilled on two plates which are used to connected the two segments.Each side bolt a plate with many bolts which go through two plates and the segment between them.
The 25 columns support the whole quadrate hall which cover the main machine sets.A double rail for motor hoist will be put on the “branches” of the columns at the level of 12 m high.Columns are installed on reinforced concret pillars’ platforms with thick bolts.
Yes,these assembly and installation work need one or two cranes’ help.
2009-11-1 0:06:11
Sunday,Novermber 1,2009 Sunny
At night,we project managing department go to Chittagong city for big dinner.SINGING!
And now I am back.I am drunk.
SO LATE.
2009-11-2 0:19:30
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday,October 28, 2009 Sunny
Several days afterwards Yao will go back to China for vacation and I am appointed to do his job.It’s about workplace safety and is not complicated but miscellaneous.
Yes,I receive about 20 dollars money as phone-call allowance this month.Calling my family in China costs 0.7 yuan(about 0.1 dollar) per minute.I call not much.I lost my GF...
Yes,today the NBA regular season begin!And The Lakers has won against Clippers!I am a two years fan of Kobe.He is fast,flexible and fight unyieldingly all through the game.
No more new things.See tomorrow.
2009-10-28 22:22:00
Thursday, October 29, 2009 Sunny
Today is very ordinary,nothing fresh for me.
But I learn from 163.com that today the Internet has served human for 40 years.The first connection of two mainframes is happened in the University of California at Los Angeles on 29th Oct,1968. Internet has vastly affected and changed our lives.Many Thanks.Nowadays I can read blogs of people at thounsands of kilometers away.With the help of net,I can chat abroad with my friends on QQ(a popular instant message software in China,likes MSN) by ways of word ,voice and video.
Just wanted well english understanding,you can handily tour around the world.And you can see the comments of foreigners to your nation.Because of severe monopoly in media in China these foreign comments are very important to see the government more clearly.And in web forums,I learn a lot from people’s stories and comments.I can also post my own opinion on a same topic many people are concerning about.It’s great to speak out your opinion in public.And it’s great to communicate with a group of people.Communication makes people grow so is it in countries. The interner makes communication much easily.How lucky we are to live in this web world!
2009-10-29 23:15:37
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Sunny
This afternoon,Mr. Wang and I climb up the old power station via steel stair.Wang is our office’s boss.He wants to take some photoes at the high level of some 22 metres above ground. Standing at the top flatform,I see most of the Chittagong city.Two large rivers converge at the city’s most bustling point.Above this point stands a large bridge which I have said before.And I see the concrete pump truck working.All the site is in my view.
At night,I play basketball again.But I am not so happy this time.Firstly,I just have had bath before playing.Secondly,I was washing my clothes when I went there.Thirdly,I wear a slipper when playing.When I come back,I have to wash more clothes because my new-wore T-shirt and shorters get wet by sweat. And,bath again!You may ask why I need to went to play.That is because my biggest boss at this site would play it tonight.And my older colleague Yao calls all my roommates going to play.I should not go.Half the night is ruined.
Now,calm down myself,see some sites and I am ready to sleep.
write down at 23:30:09
Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday,October 23-26, 2009 Sunny
On site,engineer HE is doing the project of burying copper bars.These bars are used to conduct electricity which would emerge from electical equipments and thunder.These bars are classified into two kinds of copper bars.One is round which is knocked down into deep earth.The other is of strip which is horizontally buried in earth.These bars are welded together and compose a under-ground copper net.
At dinner,we eat crab! HAHA,very delicious! A crab has hard shell,eight legs and two pincers. You can eat the flesh in its body and pincers. Men’s tooth is much harder than cooked crab shell and pincers.The flesh is white and very soft.Yes,the cook should have excellent craft.I do like this food.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 Sunny
Today,I learn that we have to work from 8:00 to 12:45 at morning and 2:00 to 6:45 at afernoon beginning Oct 26th. My god! We now work between 8:00—12:30 and 3:00—6:30.Life is getting harder.I cann’t sleep at noon.And I should sleep before 12:30 at night.WTF!
At evening,I browse 163.com.There is a series of pictures about Ian who come to Iraq at 18 years old as a US amy soldier in 2008 and back in 2009.There are 100 pictures taken from the day of his senior high school commencement to the day of his marriage.Eyes open!
The site URL: http://war.news.163.com/photonew/00AQ0001/6848.html.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 Sunny
Get back from site nearly 7:00,when the night has fallen.Take off my shoes,work clothes ,wear slippers and shorts and then go to mess hall.Tired.
Do you like peanut.I eat some a handful of parched peanuts.Not bad.HAHA. A Bangladeshi man always sell peanuts at our apartment's gate.RMB 5 yuan per kg.It's equal to some 0.8 dollar.
We get another netword cable today.So Exciting!Although we have 4 people live in a room,we only have one cable.It’s not so bad feeling when your PC cannot conect the internet.I am using this cable!haha
Only a cable,you also cannot get information from the web.You have to get a IP which need payment every month.I use a colleague’s IP.He has come home for vacation.
Tonight,I print many papers by using Canon printer .This printer is connected to my PC wirelessly.All my colleagues can use it only if your PC is connected to the web and that your PC has instaledl its driver.It can also copy paper and scan paper.If the price get lower,I even want to buy one.so convenient!
Monday, October 26, 2009 Sunny
I have just come back after playing basketball for about 1 hours and forty minutes.I have said before we fixed two big light on the playground.Since some days not play it,I have so much energy that when my roommates all want to come back I still is willing to play.HAHA.
At daytime,our site’s only concrete pump truck gets some problems.Concrete casting has to be stopped. Speaking to concrete,do you know the importance of concrete to a building?Below the ground of any large buliding there must be some long deep reinforced concrete columns. These colunms supports the foundation of a building.You should know,pure concrete gets broken easily.Roop hollow column of reinforcing steel bars makes it much stronger.Concrete has an excellent performance of bearing pressure and resistance to corrosion.There must be enough thick concrete to cover the steel bars or they will rust and get ruined.
Concrete pump truck is really powerful and useful! It has a long arm consisted of five parts.Each part has a hydraulic drive glossy alloy column bar.These round bars can stretch out and draw back which makes the arm higher or lower,nearer or further. And the point is four steel pipes are fixed on each part of the arm and one rubber pipe is hung at the terminal. Concrete is pumped like water through the pipes to wanted spot! It’s sure astonishing when you see this huge machine the first time.
Monday,October 19-22, 2009 Sunny
At morning,when I get up my head was whirled.At breakfast,I ate little porridge.I feel I caught a cold. But I had to go to work.
All morning my head ached!
Thanks to myself,I am well now.I should not have drank so many beers.
It’s so late.My roommates all go to sleep now.I wiil write tomorrow.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Sunny
AM 7:30,my phone alarm clock ringed.I reluctantly got up. How nice it would be if only ten more minutes sleeping!The sunlight shined every places and I felt a little hot at this morning!
Breakfast was noodles.I find myself don’t like it. There are two kinds of noodles.One is made of wheat powder and the other is made of rice power.The former one cooked is soft and ropy. The other is crisp and smooth.When I was a middle school student I ate smooth noodles every morning.But afer I went to university I almost ate breads (steamed with meat in it,is white) every moring. Now I prefer sweet steamed bread to noodles.But Bangladesh didn’t sell the ferment powder.Last time we bring some from china.It’s used up.So we seldom made bread.Hot fog-risen meat bread,I just like you all the time!
A new group of engineers come to our site.They are in charge of installing equipments.Big craine lifted large heavy machine in the sky!With the help of crain,workers fixed steel framework on concrete column in which two rows of bolts were buried.
In Bangladesh,the sunlight is abundant.So is the rain in summer.Many times it’s raining and the next hour the sun is shining hot.On site,we just wear safety helmet.I don’t like the sunshine.It made me black day after day.
Since I have just graduated,learning is my major job.But I feel the stress because of non-achievement.Every day,I find time to learn.I wish I could be competent for my job at an early date.
Wednesday,October 21, 2009 Sunny
I said we come Bangladesh for building power station.There is an old power station already.But it cannot afford the electricity requirement.So we have come to build a 2-size larger one. This new plant is nearby to the old one.Two plants both use natural gas as fuel.The old station is nearby to a big river. On this very river we went to Chittagong by boat.These two plants stand beside a road which reachs the river bank’s edge.
A few days ago,two large flat-top ships carried steel frames,”H” style steel pillars,steel ducts and so on to our site.They are anchored besaid the bank.Yesterday,some equiments have been lifted to bank from one boat.Today,work are going on.I also carry a pen and two paper to record what things were moved to our site.These equipments are all made of steel plate.People cannot move it around.We use crane and large truck.
I nearly forget to say one importent phenomenon that the river’s water level will rise at noon and fall after PM 4:00.That’s because this river is near sea and is influenced by tide.
Thursday,October 22, 2009 Sunny
Today,when I come off work back home I see some guys are playing basketball.There are several days not playing it.I wear work cloths and shoes.But I don’t change them and go to play excitedly.Four men including me are roommates and one is new man.He come here several days ago.He is as tall as me.We jump and run and sweat wet our shirts.Yes,it’s after sundown. We play in the light of two big lamps.
When we come back.Many guys are eating dinner.There are only some left food.We eat at mess hall.But almost every time I eat my food in the dorm.There are many people in the mess hall at eating time.And I really prefer to see some things in my PC when I have the meal.
The bad thing of playing basketball is that every time you have to wash you clothes.I wash my clothes about every 3 days. Now,after write down these words I feel that I need sleep. So is today’s note.
Sunday,October 18, 2009 Sunny
The most impressing thing was that we project administer department members went to Chittagong downtown at night for dinner and singing songs.
We went there first by boat! OH,We as a team initially had 7 people.When we reach a hotel two colleagues joined us. It is a wooden boat which can contain 10 people,and is driven by a motor.The night had no moon.But the wind from sea was breezing comfortably.In the far place,there were many twinkling lights.We sat on the boat’s crosspieces.Riding on waves,the boat swayed slightly.In order to feel fully the soft wind I stand up for a few seconds. HAHA, SO COOL.
On the way,we crossed under two big bridges.The two were next to each other.One is newly built by Chinese corporation.The other one is an old bridge.But they are the same in tall.The new bridge is surported by four big columns and is pulled by thick steel ropes which were joined to four high concrete pillars.It’s really a grand building.On this big river,so many ships anchored on the surface.I even luckily saw two fish ships,beside which were two boats which loaded white fog-rising ice lumps.The ice lumps were used for keeping the fish fresh.As our boat went on,we passed closely to one and one ships.Then we reached the dock.The water level was low because it’s ebbing.
Going ashore,we got on three-wheel bikes.These bikes are very common in Bangladesh.It can contain two adults.The traffic was very congested and disordered.After we arrived at “New market”,we got on anoter vehicle.A small motor-driven van.Normally it loads 3 people.AS we had 7 people,three got on one,and we four got on a behind one. I sat on my roommate’s thighs! And my head push the van’s roof upward.!After a long painful journey we got our hotel finally.
It standed on a hill.It’s very glorious campared to many other houses in the city.We went to the third floor. It’s decorated in Chinese style.The floor-manager is Chinese.In the center of the hall, there were a TV and a DVD and a monitor. Before our two colleagues come,we sang Chinese songs! My superiors like old songs,while we young people like fashion songs.The hall was rocked by our sounds.Yes,when we sang we drink cold beers.Beers make people passionate.
After our two colleagues come,we start to eat! It’s a boisterous feast.We drink many many beers,and the cans laid separately on the corner.We eat chicken,herring,pork,shrimp and others that I cann’t call out their names or forget them now.
Being drunk,we got on a small truck home.This truck blonged to our company.The driver was our colleague,one of the two people who come late.I sat in the back-container.Wind blew so heavily that I want to find some object for hiding. The driver drank a lot,and the road is scraggly but we safely got home. Quickly bathing,I went to my bed.So is the day.
Saturday, October 17, 2009 Sunny
I am a Chinese working in Bangladesh.I will write down days of my life here. In order to improve my English level I will try my best to write my diaris in English.There will be some not-correct grammar in my writing. Comments are welcome.
This morning,I get up at 7:30,ate breakfast quickly and then walked to my office at site.When I arrive at our office,I found all my colleagues had arrived.Putting down my PC bag,I went to the site to see what have done in last night. Our job is administering a project erection at Chittagong,which is a peaking power plant.And the capacity is 150 MW.I come here on August 20, so it’s about two months I have been in Bangladesh.
When I finished a round look of the site constructions and went back to my office two Bangadeshis said hello to me.I said back and went ahead.But one man stopped me by holdding my stretching hand.I know them.They had something to do and I was recognized as a engineer.They led me to their destination.All the thing they had to do was removing the thick sands on eight columns in which pre-buried some big bolts.Their problem was they didn’t bring tools like spade and hoe. It’s not my duty.Mr Yao helped them.Mr Yao is my colleague.People call him YAO BOSS.He is a funny guy.
At noon,I was the last one getting out of our office.So I had to lock the door. Most of the time Yao locks the door.The lock is a chain rubber-wrapped lock.Trying several times I finally faild to lock it.I run fast to catch Yao because he has the key. Without use the key YAO lock the door easily. I got confused.”The problem is just the plastic sleeve.Seeing carefully,it pops out.”Yao said.
Before we leaved our office at 6:30,a person will clean the office floor.At this time,we will chat outside in shade.Our department emploied some local labors.They do some simple and heavy work.This evening,a dog squat in front of our office.We asked a labor weather they eat dog meat. The nice labor laughed and said they did not eat.But in China,many people eat dog meat.Very common.Just like pork or beef.Do you?
After bath,I washed my clothes with washing machine.My body is tired ,so is my head.I will see some videos.There are many movies in my PC,most of them produced in Los Angeles and Hong Kong.