“葡萄”成熟了...
Harvesting the "Grapes" ...




很像葡萄吧？

其实是我家后院栽种的桑椹(Mulberry)。

成熟“足水”的桑椹果实有小指般大，乍看之下还真的与一串串的葡萄有几分相似呢。

成熟的桑椹果实呈紫黑色，味道很甜，又多汁, 营养价值颇高。

住在我家附近的鸟儿真幸福，我的桑椹是特别为它们栽种的 ... 才怪，每次让那些鸟儿捷足先登，让我懊恼不已呢。



Actually, these fruits grown in my backyard are not Grapes but Mulberry ... very juicy and sweet but the birds usually get them before me ... could be very frustrating at times.

2008开斋节团拜
2008 Hari Raya Aidil Fitri Visiting

1st October, 2008, 晋汉省华青团向州元首和首席部长贺开斋佳节。
We visited the Head of State and Chief Minister of Sarawak during Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.


晋汉省华青团向砂拉越州元首与夫人阁下贺节。
Posing a picture with TYT the Head of State of Sarawak and His Excellency's Wife.
(Photo courtesy of 田志和 (Kuching))


何韵婷(右)和刘秀真难掩欢庆佳节喜悦之情。
Gladys (right) and Brenda were obviously on cloud nine.

五花八门的糕点摆在眼前，让人不知从何选起。
Mouth watering Cakes and biscuits.

摄于古晋团结室内体育馆砂拉越州首席部长的开斋节开放门户活动。
At the Chief Minister's open house at Stadium Perpaduan, Kuching.


恰逢中国驻古晋谢福根总领事(右五)和刘海波领事(右三)也出席砂拉越州首席部长的开斋节开放门户活动，大家合照留念。
Consul General and Consul of the People's Republic of China in Kuching H.E. Xie Fugen(5th from right) and Liu Haibo (3rd from right) respectively also showed up at the Sarawak Chief Minister's Raya Open House.

Nottingham
诺丁汉



诺丁汉让我的求学生涯画上美丽的色彩...

Nottingham, where I spent some of the sweetest times I have ever had and in the company of some of the finest friends I have ever met ...
... many of whom I'm still keeping in touch.

没错，诺丁汉是家喻户晓传奇人物罗宾汉(Robin Hood)的故乡。

诺丁汉市中心人口有大约 288,700人， 再加上市郊人口大约 667,000.人，共有近一百万的人口，是英国第7大城市区，介于利物浦(Liverpool)(第6大)和 谢菲尔(Sheffield)(第8大)之间。

Nottingham is the home of the legendary Robin Hood.

It has an overall population (i.e., city proper and greater Nottingham) of close to a million, thus making it the 7th largest urban area in the United Kingdom, ranking between Liverpool (6th) and Sheffield (8th).


诺丁汉市中心的市议会大厦面向老市集广场。
Nottingham Council House (1929) overlooking the Old Market Square.


诺丁汉的浪漫街景，这里有过我的足迹 ...
I left my foot prints here in this romantic street of Nottingham ...

Waverley Building at Waverley Street, Nottingham.


Chaucer Building at Goldsmith Street, Nottingham.
The Nottingham Tram service opened in 2004, way after I've left the city, so no chance of experiencing it, yet.


This is Hampden Street Flats, Nottingham where i stayed in my year 2, way back in the early 90s.

Gee, I'm so old.


The Arboretum, only a few minutes' walk from my flat, is where i went to feed the friendly squirrels.

The squirrels there had major eyesight problems, many a time they couldn't tell the difference between the peanuts and my fingers, ouch !


Just an overnight snow will turn the Arboretum into a
winter wonderland. When covered in snow, the view is simply spectacular!

来自台湾的大学同学Leo最近回去诺丁汉兜了一圈，真是太让人羡慕了。
Leo recently went back to Nottingham, how envious of me.

(All photos courtesy of Leo (Taiwan))