After the rain

阳光越过窗沿 
我在阴影里面
才过正午13点 
就漆黑一片 
没有人看得见
我心深处的阴暗面
只能眺望东边 
你的世界太远
撑到想象的极限
幸福有多甜 
可黑夜已吞噬我
就是拉不到你的手
因为我活在西界
只拥有半个白天 
一到午后夜色就蔓延 
虽然和你面对面 
却看不到我的脸 
感觉到你不安的视线 
在西界的那一边 
只能有半个白天 
暗自祈祷上天的垂怜 
在长夜的边缘 
给我一丝光线 
让你 能多看我一眼

总在我家巷口和你分手
彷佛偶像剧一样
觉得我们就要发生些什么
总在回家时候不知所措
想再打电话给你
可是再见刚刚才说过
有一种想要拥抱你的冲动
想静静看着你的笑容
让你藏在怀中
直到我每天的尽头
因为想一个人而寂寞
因为爱一个人而温柔
因为有一个梦而执着
因为等一个人而折磨
因为想一个人而解脱
因为爱一个人而宽容
因为有一个梦而放纵
因为等一个人而漂泊
因为想一个人而寂寞
因为爱一个人而温柔
像夜的朦拢
你的深情难懂
我的世界因为你而不同
因为想一个人而解脱
因为爱一个人而宽容
像风的自由
你的深情难留
你的背影
是我最美丽的所有

静静地坐在你的身边
还会有多少这样的时间
我要迎着这窗外的光线
牢牢的记住你微笑的侧脸
我说了离别不会伤悲
这是我对你唯一的欺骗
因为我最喜欢你的双眼
那么美 不适合掉眼泪
你要好好的去飞 不需要对我想念
我会默默地留下右手边的座位
有一天 当你看过世界
再决定你降落的地点
而我也会继续地 奔驰在这长长的街
左手边是我的心 右手边没有谁
为了你再寂寞我都可以成全
因为我相信 说过了再见
一定会再见

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu-5KH9SVPQ

Olympians always inspire us. Michael Phelps only does three things: Eat. Swim. Sleep. If we can all do 3 things well. We'll all be as successful.

When asked if the 8-gold medal record will ever be broken, he said, "it definitely will be broken." "So what it takes to break the record?" "Imagination."

毕业了，我们的路又将我们带向哪里呢？有那些成绩值得我们骄傲，有那些遗憾值得我们释怀，有那些梦想值得我们去期待，去追逐，百折不挠？

在工作和生活的忙碌中，我们常常失去年少的壮志豪情，曾经的专心致志，跌倒时的无怨无悔。我们现实起来 , 说服自己昨日的梦想并不值得追逐；我们害怕起来，害怕失去已经获得的，害怕面对新的失败。我们开始世故的计算机会成本。

四年前，我们的路在这里分叉，彼此带着对青春的誓言走入大学校园；四年后，我们的路应在这里交汇，在新的起点上互相支持，写下新的誓言。

无论是工作还是学习，我们都会挑战新的高度，创造新的自我。无论是顺风还是逆风，我们的航向都坚定不变。谨以李白的《行路难》与伙伴们共勉：

成风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。

In the morning of April 6, looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, I could not but wonder what the torch relay would be like.

About 8 hours later, when the torch finally struggled through the route, Olympic gold medalist Dame Kelly Holmes ran up to light the Olympic cauldron at the O2 dome, and 4,000 spectators cheered, obviously with a sense of relief.

This day will be remembered, as Beijing met London with splashes and sparkles. It was an encounter between China, the first developing country to host the Olympics, and Britain, the first western country to greet the 2008 torch.

On the bus to the airport, I was with some young girls from the Beijing team, including an Olympic gold medalist, Miss Qiao.

They were convinced that the people here were against them. One girl remarked she couldn't believe this land nourished Shakespeare and Dickens.

Another asked: where is the "gentlemenship"? I used all my knowledge to argue for London, and looking into their watery eyes, I knew I was not succeeding. I can't blame them.

They were running between vehicles for the whole day, noses red and hands cold, trying to service the torch bearers.

They had only about three hours of sleep the previous night and some were having lunch sandwiches just now.

Worse still, they had to endure repeated violent attacks on the torch throughout the relay. I was fortunate to sit at the rear of the bus and saw smiling faces of Londoners who came out in the tens of thousands, old people waving and young performers dancing, braving the cold weather.

In the darkness of a London night, waving the chartered plane goodbye, I had a feeling the plane was heavier than when it landed. The torch will carry on, and the journey will educate the more than a billion Chinese people about the world, and the world about China.

A young friend in China wrote to me after watching the event on the BBC: "I felt so many things all at once – sadness, anger and confusion." It must have dawned on many like him that simply a sincere heart was not enough to ensure China's smooth integration with the world.

The wall that stands in China's way to the world is thick. In China, what's hot at this moment on the internet, which has 200 million users there, is not only the attempts to snatch the torch but also some moving images of Jin Jing, a slim young girl, a Paralympic athlete in a wheelchair, helped by a blind athlete. She held the torch with both arms to her chest as violent "protesters" tried repeatedly to grab it from her during the Paris relay.

There is especially infuriated criticism of some of the misreporting of China in recent weeks, such as crafting photos or even using photos from other countries to prove a crackdown. On the other side of the wall, the story is different.

Standing in the middle, I am concerned that mutual perceptions between the people of China and the West are quickly drifting in opposite directions. I cannot help asking why, when it comes to China, the generalised accusations can easily be accepted without people questioning what exactly and specifically they mean; why any story or figures can stay on the news for days without factual support.

Even my own participation in the torch relay had been the subject of continuous speculation. I remember a local friend said, "We all like to read media stories. Only when it comes to ourselves do we know they can't all be true."

Of those who protested loudly, many probably have not seen Tibet. For the Chinese people, Tibet is a loved land and information about it is ample. Four million tourists visit Tibet every year. The past five years saw the income of farmers and herdsmen increasing by 83.3 per cent. In 2006 there were more than 1,000 schools, with 500,000 students.

In this Autonomous Region, where 92 per cent of the population is Tibetan, there are 1,780 temples, or one for every 1,600 people – which is more than in England, where there is one church for every 3,125 people.

There may be complicated problems of religion mixing with politics, but people are well-fed, well-clothed and well-housed. That has been the main objective of China for centuries. Tibet may not grow into an industrial place like the eastern cities in China, but it will move on like other parts of China.

I personally experienced China's transition to opening up, from small steps to bigger strides. I remain a consistent and firm supporter of opening up. The latest events have led the younger generation of Chinese, those born since the 1980s, who grew up in a more prosperous, better-educated and freer China, to begin a collective rethinking about the West.

My daughter, who loves Western culture, must have used the word "why" dozens of times in our long online chat. Her frustration could be felt between the lines. Many who had romantic views about the West are very disappointed at the media's attempt to demonise China.

We all know demonisation feeds a counter-reaction. I do pray from the bottom of my heart that the younger generation of Chinese will not be totally disillusioned about the West, which remains an important partner in our ongoing reform.

Many complain about China not allowing enough access to the media. In China, the view is that the Western media needs to make an effort to earn respect. Coming to China to report bad stories may not be welcomed but would not be stopped, as China is committed to opening up.

China is far from perfect and it is trying to address the many problems that do exist. It would be helpful to the credibility of the Western media if the issues they care and write about are of today's China, not of the long-gone past.

In my one year in the UK, I have realized that there is a lot more media coverage about China than when I was a student here in the mid-1980s, and most of it is quite close to the real life of China, good or bad.

China is also in an era of information explosion. I am sure that more and more people in the West will be able to cross the language and cultural barriers and find out more about the real China. The world has waited for China to join it. Now China has to have the patience to wait for the world to understand China.