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Saturday, May 27, 2006

That was a nightmare to me…

About 40 days ago, I started to analyse the system of sports betting. Without any delay, I joined the UK biggest betting website, betfair.com. It was very general that when I deposited 5 pounds in my betfair account, he gave me 5 pounds bonus and I could withdraw it immediately and he also gave me 20 pounds bonus once I back over 20 pounds on one betting. Everything went well, and I easily got the bonus. In addition, I back Graeme Dott and O'Sullivan in turn and won 8 pounds when I just used 2 pounds to start. Little desert I got, big amount I lose. After that, I bet a unfamiliar football match, and no television is available to me, so I couldn’t give out a quick response. That was not the worst, but the wrong operation I made. When I laid more than 2 balls, I operated it in wrong button and back it. That looked an impossible result and in order to get back the loss, I back 1 more ball and 3 balls, finally, I lost the game and lost about 80 pounds. My god, that is a large amount to me, I was not a millionaire. Fortunately, betfair gave back 20 bonus to me but that was still a big amount loss to me, I never forgot it and don’t lay any bet now. Honestly speaking, that’s my own fault, and I don’t accuse any one but felt that I have lost too many real things, like a chance to find a real job.

Free now but problem remains…

After several days worry, I did the Ielts test today. Not very good as I felt, but more freedom I felt now. These days, I put everything down except the ielts prepare. All the concentrate on it, but didn’t do well today. Now I don’t care about how much I got, but the near future. During the following 4 months holiday, I should take at least one job to earn some money to pay my vast tuition fee.

Now the annual tuition fee for overseas students in the UK is as high as annual salary in the UK, which is over 10,000 pounds. If I didn’t take any job, I may worry about the tuition because I don’t like my parents to pay it for me totally. Fortunately, I am sure I can find it because I feel more confident in my English and I had gotten some experience like waiter, machine operator etc.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Cheat

On the way to Basil Paterson College which I will take ielts in, I met a young person with a fatty girl. He claimed that they wanted to go to Glasgow but only 9.5 pounds in his pocket when the travel fee was 5 pounds per person. I had no any change at that time but only card, so he suggested me go to nearby cashpoints to withdraw 10 pounds and he gave me 9.5 pounds. I really wanted to help him so I fellow him to the nearby cash machine. To my surprise, he wanted me to withdraw 30 pounds later, but only 15 pounds remained in my bank account. I felt something wrong immediately and then he wanted to take away my ten pounds. I got back 8 pounds and saw over 10 pounds on his hand, fuck, absolutely cheat me! My lovely 2 pounds, hungry myself but riches cheaters

Monday, May 22, 2006

The people ethnic in the UK – personal feeling

Before I came to the UK, I can’t image the diversity of people here; instead I thought it was a traditional country so the people here must be sole white. Of course, I was definitely wrong. I remembered when I went down from the aircraft to the Heathrow airport lounge; I was shocked immediately because I never saw so many kinds of people in front of me with not only just white, yellow and black skins, but also vast different profiles. The profiles of people from south Asia are similar with European people, but the colour of skins is much deeper and tends to be black. With hundreds of years modern developing, the UK has become more international including the ethnic. In most of the stores, I can see people with different ethnic work there. If the buildings became more modern, I would feel staying in the USA – diversity.

Many Chinese people live here, so there are many Chinese restaurants and take-away. Many Chinese refuges work in these restaurants and do their best to make as much money as possible. Even though their salary is less than normal jobs, it is much more than a normal job in China. Few days ago, I met a person who came from the same town with me. Now he can earn as much as 400 pounds per week because he has a excellent experience as a chef and manage to arrange people in the restaurant what they should do and when. Now he has come here for about 10 years and got a flat from the government even though he is still a refuge, the main reason is that he had been married and has a daughter now. There are many Chinese restaurants and the number is increasing I think. The UK is lack of food culture and the people here don’t like to cook themselves, instead they have dinner in restaurant or pick up them. It would be very terrible if all Chinese restaurants were moved away.