Protected: Photos from the last day
 Aim High |
At the time I'm writing this, I feel truly blessed.
Penrose High School is the first school and the only school I have attended since the arrival to this country nearly four years ago. Though it got one of the highest suspension rates in Auckland, it is a lovely and warm school, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Time passes fast when you really enjoyed that. The name "Penrose" always mean so much fun to me, the jokes we made about teachers, fellow pupils; tricks to people... those joys are now gone with the childhood, but I believe they will live fovever in my memory.
It was a very hard thing to say goodbye to this.After all year 13s gone home I paid the special last visit to Hinau common, sit there for about 20 minutes, just to get a feeling of that place. I can't stop myself from tearing apart when recalling my memory with many people and things were and still are there.
There was such a mixture of feeling about how much I've gained there and how much and did not catch them up. I suddenly realise, there will be always things that you just can't get up to it, and you just have to say give up and leave it behind, though may with bits of regret. But I am grateful that no one saw me there. The time in Penrose will always have a special place in my heart, and for all the photos there, I'll be keep them as my other special ones as long as I still alive.
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The reason for put on a password is that I want keep these following photos within the school circle, as well as some of your privacy.
It will be much appreciated if you could leave the addresses of other photos online in the comments, if known, or you can just email me at bearnz@gmail.com and I'll put them here.
Expected but still disappointed.
Telecom New Zealand has started its new broadband plans today. Its new 'go large' plan attracted most attentions as it is the first time that Telecom has offered fast broadband without data cap.
Though this plan has Fair use policy which doesn't allows you to use more than 700MB during the peak time and Traffic management policy which mainly focus on use of peer-to-peer software, it is still the most attractive plan for family users.
Other ISPs who are using Telecom's lines, have also followed the move. However, as far as I understand, none of them is able to offer unlimited data allowance plans.
Just few days ago the Commerce Commission, the regulator of Bitstream sets the new wholesale price at $27.76, which is again a mix of bureaucracy and Telecom's abuse of its market dominance. Once the GST is added, Telecom's retail price is even cheaper than the wholesale price.
Sure it's very clear now the Telecom is the main blockage that stops New Zealand's internet from moving forward.
Tour to China.
Just few hours ago I have confirmed my air ticket to China.
This is the first time to home when I leaved nearly four years ago. I will be leave New ZEaland on December the 4th, and expecting to be back around early February.
I'm currently planning to stay at Shanghai for few days first before back to my hometown, Chengdu (Wikipedia:Chinese(featured article)|English(translation of Chinese version)). I'm expecting to meet up few friends who are doing pretty well there and expecting them to pay up my dinner money and if possible, offer me a shelter.
Of course another reason is I have never visit this one of China's fast changing cities, and the most corrupt one.
Throughout this period the most thing I want to do is travel, I have made up a list of places where I have never been to before and so desperate want to see, however some of them are quite difficult like Tibet(to a foreigner) and North Korea(but I have to see this amazing land before Kim Mentally Ill's dictatorship collapses).
Hope that comment won't be seen by any North Korean diplomats and accordingly turns down my visa application.
However it's the exams first....
当难民的后果
News Digest|Source:Times online UK
The consequence for being a refugee in China
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(来源：网易新闻中心）
中华人民共和国十一大开国元帅：朱德、彭德怀、林彪、刘伯承、贺龙、陈毅、罗荣桓、徐向前、聂荣臻，叶剑英，超女。
North Korea claims it has conducted a nuclear test
News Digest|Source:Wikinews
According to South Korea-based Yonhap News service, and the Associated Press, North Korea has announced that it has successfully conducted its first nuclear test.
North Korea first announced it possessed nuclear weapons in 2005, though because it had not conducted a nuclear test its nuclear capability remained ambiguous. The United States, Japan, China, and South Korea have all urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. North Korea released a statement on October 3 saying that it would soon conduct a nuclear test, and also emphasized that it would neither use nuclear weapons first nor aid other countries in nuclear proliferation. The state claimed that it would only use the weapons as a deterrent against the United States Isreal, the United Kingdom and their allies. In 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said that they "would not tolerate" a nuclear North Korea. China and Japan have also expressed concern.
Rumors of an impending nuclear test have circulated since North Korea announced its weapons capability.
According to North Korea's Central News Agency, the country conducted an underground nuclear test successfully without any radioactive leakage. Underground tests, if they fully contain the nuclear blast, can result in a minimum of nuclear fallout contamination. If confirmed, the nuclear test by North Korea would be the first nuclear test since the dual Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests of 1998.
The U.S. Geological Service has recorded a magnitude 4.2 event in eastern North Korea at 01:35:27 (UTC).
In the first significant reaction to the announcement the South Korean government has decided to suspend a scheduled shipment of its emergency relief aid to its northern neighbor. An official from the Unification Ministry said "A ship was scheduled to depart … carrying 4,000 tons of concrete on Tuesday, but we decided to delay the shipment under the current circumstances."
