Incredible Two Suns 太美了：两個太陽

这是我第一次親眼看到的奇景。

This morning when I woke Winston up and pulled the curtains, I found this incredible scene: two suns, so clear but so unreal.  I doubted it might be the result of the window reflection or my dream, so I opened the window to make sure. I took many pictures to record this moment. 

Of course they are not 2 suns.  The other one is a reflection in Gold Chicken Lake.  This is the first time I saw this. Don't know how many others had the same luck as I did to witness it.  Can 2 suns mean 2 sons to me? I do hope to have one more kid, but I prefer a girl.  I know I am too old for this dream!

金鸡湖上的两个太陽

10 minutes later, the reflection became to blur...like a lantern.

倒影開始糊了，像灯笼

夏至客来，日蚀雨落暑氣埋 Sun Eclipse

在最热的一个月裡，家裏来了两批贵客，一是过去的同事、一是我三姐全家，热得大家都哇哇叫，相信贵客们都印象深刻，以後再也不敢酷暑期间来苏州玩了。
刚好我也皮肤疹，不方便出门，只去了珍珠城，还好苏州交通發达便利一日游的旅行选择也多，公车计程车随处可搭可達，家人朋友都能理解我的情况，自己出去玩，我们唯一能待客的是周末一同聚餐，Richy周日当地陪去了甪直，还陪姐夫骑车绕金鸡湖一周，这次我还第一次送客到火车站，才發现其实火车站没有想象中的拥挤可怕，很近且交通便利。

七月二十二日，是日蚀的大日子，传说中China沿长江流域一带是最佳观日蚀之地，上海、苏州都是首选之地，偏偏当日下雨，折了很多游客的兴致，不过我刚好也没買到观日蚀的护目镜，所以没啥损失。日蚀的瞬间，從白天变黑夜，街灯全亮，好感动的时刻，我和几个人通了电话分享当时的兴奮，不久又变回白天，经历了日蚀约十分钟，听说五百年才一次，苏州下雨雾濛濛的，看不到日蚀的樣子，有点可惜，但在十分钟内经历天黑天亮，非常特殊的经验。家人朋友也在同时寄来了当地的日蚀照片，记录了历史性的一刻。

日蚀下雨之後，这几日天气就没那麽热了，反而去户外泳池还会發冷呢！最近白天觉得想睡，该不会是对日蚀过敏吧？



Sun Eclipse happened around 9:00-9:30 AM on July 22. It was a precious moment to see the sky turn dark and bright in 10 minutes.

Full Eclipse in Hungzhou, China 寧波

Partial Sun Eclipse looks like a moon in Taiwan.

Wake up in the Mist

Wow! What a foggy city! The buildings just sprout from the mist. It was hard to see afar and find the ground. I should feel romantic to wake up in the foggy morning like this. Living here, sometimes it feels like a paradise, but sometimes like a hell. And this morning I got both feelings.

Last night we were disturbed by the construction noises again. The noise started at 2:00 am and did not stop until 5:00 am in the morning. What a torture! If your nerves are big, you will not feel the noise. But I happen to be the one with sensitive nerves. Our windows must be made of bad quality, I closed all the windows and still hear the clear noises. I could not believe this. I added one more set of windows on the balcony and still could not block the disturbances. This is another case of something made in C...

I always feel better if I write my feelings out. Now, the fog is fading, and so is my anger.