About my hometown

Now, I'd like to introduce my hometown Dalian. It is a small seaside city in northeast of China, and very close to Korea. Dalian is a romantic and fashion city. Because of the World War 2, there many architectural styles. There is a square called Zhongshan square, every building around the square has its own style. Dalian is a square city, you can find squares everywhere, the biggest one is Xinghai square which is also the biggest in Asia, the view in Xinghai square is really good. The most famous food in my city is sea food, it is really fresh and delicious, many people go to Dalian to enjoy the sea food every year. In my opinion the best time to visit Dalian is fall, because at that time, the temperature there is the most comfortable; the views there are the most beautiful; the events there are most interesting; and the sea food there is the most delicious.

I have posted some pictures that I got on line above. Hope you will like them.

Difference between China and United States

I have stayed here for one year and a half, but it still difficult for me to adapt. So I am going to tell something different from China.
There is a artical on the "The New York Times" on September 9, 2009, called "Overspending on Debit Cards Is Painful, but It's a Boon for the Bank." The artical says that the banks will let you overspend ,but if you overspend the bank will charge quite much fees for overdrafts. I have a experience on it. About a year ago, I didn't know the overdraft fees at all at that time, because in China, we have the quite different bank system. If your card is not credit card, then the banks will not allow you to overspend.They will make your card unavailable if you exceed your balance. So I overspent about $10, after that the bank charged me about $130 for overdraft fees. I was really shocked at that time. After that I became very careful about my balance, I never let it overspend anymore.
This is one difference between United States and China, I will tell some other difference in future.

The first one

Hi everyone, first of all I just want to say something about myself. I am a Chinese student, and my Chinese name is Yuan Zhang, but you can call me vivian. I got my computer science bachelor degree in China, but I didn't want to major in computer any more, so I came here to begin my MBA program. After I get my master degree I want to go back to my country to get a job there.