The Kite Runner is a really great movie. I love it. Highly recommended. It's the atonement and redemption kind of movies.

Amazingly catchy shop banner. It really makes me laugh when I see it.

Very minor nasal congestion still exists. I feel great about it, in a way.

I tried to head back to Hunan yesterday night but failed. I figured it wasn't gonna be enough time to get the ticket and to board the train. I'd rather leave today and board the train at leisure.

English Phrase

• I had nothing better to do, so I thought I'd go[come] along for the ride (凑热闹).
• The journalists gave the Prime Minister a pretty rough ride (给某人出难题、是某人难受).
• Thatcher's visceral (【文】（信仰态度）出自内心的、发自肺腑的) dislike of the European Monetary System.
• "Have a nice time, darling," she trilled. (“玩得开心点，亲爱的。”她欢快递高声道。)
• trill: 用颤音唱；发出颤音：birds trilling in the trees (在树上鸣啭的鸟)