KFC Vs McDonald's

I think you can see two restaurants all over the world. One is KFC(Kentucky Fried Chicken) and another one is McDonald's. When I am a high school student, I often go to KFC with my friends. I don't like McDonald's, because I think some of the foods there taste not good as KFC. There are also some commons and differences between the foods, culture and business models. 

KFC and McDonald's both make fast food. The main food of them are some kinds of chicken, hamburger, side order, drink, dessert and so on. When I want to have a rest after shopping, I often go there to have something to eat and drink. I like  Ice cream float-coffee and McFurry very much.  New Orleans roasted wing and McNuggets are delicious, too. The environment of KFC and McDonald's are both good. The attendants are often smile to customers and their service attitude is so friendly. They both have their very famous and special logo. When the grandpa with white beard or the funny red clown appears, almost all the people know what it is. They don't use star to advertise their foods. KFC often use normal people, because they think their best star is the customer who eats food in KFC restaurant. McDonald's use the clown to advise because they think it will not cost too much and the clown is not a real person and he will never make bad things. They are both the world-class chains of fast food in the world. 

The foods in KFC are often some kinds of chicken, like  original recipe,  hot wing,  popcorn chicken and so on. McDonald's foods are more varies and the main food is not chicken. The slogan of KFC is 'We Do Chicken Right' and the slogan of McDonald's is 'I'm lovin' it'. KFC often make new food to follow the culture of the country, like  dragon twister. KFC is more successful in China because of its special business model and mature strategy.

The speed of people's life is more and more quick. Sometimes the fast food is not nutritious but it can give us satisfaction in the shortest time. So we can enjoy it and have a good time with our friends in both of them.

Weihai And Shanghai

My university is in Weihai, Shandong Province and the city is near the Yellow Sea. When I was sophomore, I tripped to Shanghai once. It is near a sea, too. The name of the sea is East China Sea. Although both of them is near by a sea, they also has a lot of difference of food, culture, public transportation, tourist attractions and night-life. 

In Weihai, people often eat wheaten food like steamed bread, noodle, pie and so on. But Shanghai is the economy central of China, so it involved most kinds of food in China, including Guangdong food, Sichuan food and so on. Sometimes people in Shanghai like to eat some desserts. The main culture of Weihai is Rushan Drum and Yangge. Yangge is like some kind of dance, but it is more civilian. In Shanghai, the main culture is Haipai Culture. It is very special and it is so popular in Shanghai and the cities nearby. In Wehai, bus and taxi are the main public transportation. And in Shanghai, subway is the most important public transportation, bus too. If you want to feel the most modern city in China, I think you must go to Shanghai. And the history of Shanghai is about 2500 years, so you can see some traditional culture, too. If you want to have a wonderful seaside trip, you can go to Weihai. Because the beach is so clean and beautiful. And the air in Weihai is so fresh. But if you want to go to club to have a nice night, you should go to Shanghai. Because in Weihai, people go home so early. But in Shanghai, the city often seems like not sleeping. 

I like both of the two cities. I am a senior now, and if I graduate I will have little chance to go to Weihai. But I think if I have some chances, I will go Weihai and Shanghai again to feel the different culture in China.

wheaten food

Yangge

Zhou Libo----Haipai Qingkou

Shanghai dessert

Opposite Thinking About Calcium And Milk

We know that we can get calcium from milk or other dairy product. Some research shows that it is not the best way to get calcium. Dairy product also has a lot negative effects. If you drink too much milk, you will get a lot of fat and this will make us not healthy.

We need to keep ourselves healthy so that then we can do what we want. But everything has an opposite hand. As if we drink too much alcohol, it will hurt our nerve. However sometime we need to drink a little to make our blood cycle more fast. So if we want to content ourselves and be health, we must do everything with abstinence.

I think we don't know how long we will live in this world. There are so many accidents and disaster everywhere everyday. What we can do is just enjoying the life we have. As that milk can help us and hurt us, if we know the limit then we can enjoy it. So we love drinking milk, then we can drink. Although it is helpless or other reasons.

Calcium And Milk

How can we keep our bones healthy and strong? Most of people know that calcium can help slow the loss of bone as we grow up and get older. And many people think that dairy product like milk is the best resource of calcium for us.

According to some research that the good of milk is that it is a good source of Vitamin D, Riboflavin, Vitamin B12, Calcium and Phosphorus. But all of the things in the world have the opposite side. The bad of milk is that it is high in Saturated Fat, and a large portion of the calories come from sugars. A lot of women want to be thinner and thinner, so for a long time they only drink milk in their diet. This is a wrong way and it will hurt us. Because dairy products can be high in saturated fat as well as retinol (vitamin A), which at high levels can paradoxically weaken bones.

We can drink milk every day, but it must be moderate. And we can get enough calcium from other things. Good, non-dairy sources of calcium include collards, bok choy, fortified soy milk, baked beans, and supplements that contain both calcium and vitamin D (a better choice than taking calcium alone).

Sometimes there are a lot of things that we may think it is obviously right. But I think some of them are some people who want to sell their products as well as possible to spread the news. So we should think about the obvious things and have an accuracy decision. Like milk, like our life.

Mega Drop

I think that most of people like amusement park very much. Me, too. There was a small park near my home.  When I was a child, I often asked my parents to take me there.  When I was there, I really felt happy and I wanted to play all the games. 

When I graduated from junior high school, I went to Changchun, the provincial capital of Jilin Province, to meet my friend. She took me to Shengli Park and we began to play there. I thought I was brave enough to play whatever the game was. Then we played pirate ship, bumper cars, big wheel and so on. We were so excited and we wanted to play other games. But when we saw mega drop, she told me she would not take it again. She thought that was really scary and she couldn't afford it. So I went on it by myself and I said this must not be that. The mega drop went up slowly and stopped at the top. There was very high and the people on the ground looked like ants. I didn't know when it would go down. Suddenly, it went down very fast and I was very very scary because I thought I was not sat in the seat. It felt like I was threw out and I would be dead. Then it stopped, and went up and down again. 

Finally, I could get down and my friend asked me if it was scary or not. I said it was totally not scary and I wanted to do it again in the future. But Until now, I haven't taken it again even though I can play the roller coaster and other exciting games. 

Ice and Snow World

The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival will be held in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province every year. The Ice and Snow World is built near the Songhua River and it will attract a lot of tourists. The Ice and Snow world looks like a real world built by ice and snow and in the ice there are a lot of beautiful lights making there like the day even at night.  I have been there once and I think there were really beautiful and actually very cold, too. The temperature could be minus 35 degrees below. When you stand outside, you can see some white smog around the world. People must wear a lot of thick and heavy clothes to make themselves warm. If you are the first time to be there, you will think the world is fantastic. Some of the ice buildings look like towers and you can go up to see the scene. Sometime the ice building is made like a beer bottle and the color of the light will let you think the real beer is there. Most of the ice buildings look like palaces or castles. The ice blocks are big and strong and they are made by some machines. The workers put them together to build the ice buildings. There are some huge slides, too. The tourists can play there with their friends or families. The music there will make you excited and you also can hear people laughing. If you have time, you can go there and look and feel the very wonderful world.

The Person I Respect

The person I respect is Jielun Zhou. His English name is Jay Chou. He was born in China Taiwan in January 18, 1979.  Now he is one of the most revolutionary and unique creative singer and composer in Asia music circles. He has created 10 albums and their total sales are more than 27,000,000. So he is called ‘the king of Asia popular music’. I started to listen to his music when I was a junior school student and now I like his songs very much, too. There are a lot of reasons that so many people love him and his music.

He had really worked hard before he became well-known. In September 1997, he participated in a TV show called ‘Super New King’ in China Taiwan and was signed with Zongxian Wu. But nobody liked his music at that time. So Zongxian Wu told him that he would help him to publish an album if he could create 50 songs during 10 days in February 1999. Then after 10 days hard working, Jay created 50 songs and succeeded to publish his first album called ‘Jay Chou’, just as his name. And every year he published an album. He uses his successful experience to tell us that if you have a dream then you should pay all your attention to that. 

The styles of his music are so special and some of them are very different. The one called ‘Nunchaku’ is the representation of his hip-hop songs. And he has a lot of lyric songs, like ‘Return To The Past Years’, ‘Black Humorous’, ‘You Can Hear’, ‘Blue And White Porcelain’ etc, they are so wonderful and famous, too. Jay breaks the old style of Chinese popular music circles and builds his own music world. I can’t account how many songs he has created and there were so many songs that he wrote for other singers.

Jay not only improves his music career but also participates in public welfare activities. After the earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province in China, he has donated more than 42,000,000 yuan. He is an idol that many people follow and he is the person who we can respect, too.

Now he is going a lot of places to hold his concerts. I hope I can go to his concert to listen to the music. I think Jay will be the best singer in the world and if I have child then I will take him to Jay’s concert and show who is my idol in the future.

My Introduction

Hello, everyone! I am from China. My Chinese name is 张莉莎 and my English name is Lisa. I come from Shandong University and my major is Computer Science & Technology. I am a senior now. I will find a job in China when I go back. I am very interested in watching TV program. I like listening to the music,too. I choose  this class because if I can practice writing English very much then I can improve my English writing skill. So we can read blog between us and improve together. I am so happy to know all of you. I think we will have a good time during this semester in this class.