When driving a car on the road there will be regulations about speed limitations. On some streets the maximum speed is 30 km/h, other roads the maximum speed are 50 km/h, and on highway the maximum speed will be 120, and minimum 60.

While driving on the streets that has limitations with maximum 30 km/h, there must be some drivers not following this speed limitation. Some of them are driving 35 or even nearly 40 km/h when there's no other vehicle within a certain distance, say 50 meters. I bet not everyone on the street strictly follow the speed limitations. Is this 'speeding'?

Perhaps you would say, 35 is not too fast and is acceptable, under the circumstance when there's no other vehicle and pedestrians on the street and near the area. But when the same situation applies to other roads? Say with maximum 50 and you drive 55 or 60 km/h, are you speeding? People might find excuses such as, it's just okay if no danger. But dangers won't tell you in advance.

On highway, the regulation says maximum 120. How come some cars even has the capacity of 280 or even 320 km/h or higher? Is this somehow 'promote' speeding?

Laws and standards are strictly regulated but people are not strictly following it. Indeed, if you don't 'speeding', then other will. If everyone don't speeding there will be more terrible traffic jams. So shall we strictly follow the regulation? or shall we help the make the traffic more smoothly? Or, somewhere between?

The answer of such question is just the same as crime. The cops got you, you are out. If they haven't yet, you are still safe.

Isn't it?

Some would say, people with good ethics would act morally. I would say, how can you define a good ethics? And how do you know this person, whom you have defined as a good ethics person, did not act unethically?
In China, rice and wheat are the two most important staple food for the Chinese people. Normally in northern part of China people prefer wheat as staple food and in southern China people prefer rice. I am from northern part of China but i prefer rice.

In the Netherlands, people also eat rice. In the Dutch super markets there are rice from Indonesia, Thailand, Surinam and even Turkey. But i buy rice at Chinese super markets, which they have better rice from China, Thailand, and even Japan.

I came to the Netherlands, i thought the taste of the rice are just the same: either the Chinese rice or the Thai rice. But these year i discovered that rice are different.

In general, Thai rice has a very good of taste. Chinese rice are soft. Japanese rice are a bit sticky than Chinese rice. Turkish rice is similar to Chinese rice and lower than Japanese rice. Surinam and Indonesian rice are similar to Thai rice but without the special taste.

As i said, these comments are in general. In each of these countries there are certainly other kind of rice, which however cannot be bought in the Netherlands. For example, Thai rice i mean the Jasmine rice. and Japanese rice i mean... the bag just says Premium Sushi rice... and Chinese rice i mean the North-East rice. And Turkish rice, i don't even sure if it's from Turkey or middle east. Two kinds of rice: one is similar to the Chinese rice, and the other looks like Thai rice but a little bit 'fatter' and color is yellow...


Due to some changes in the Bachelor programme, some of the courses has been changed or cancelled.


Before Tilburg University used to have Bachelor in, for example, investment analysis, financial management, international business, etc. Now the bachelor only offer one single programme: International Business Administration.

I was intend to choose some extra optional courses from other bachelor programme but unfortunately most of the courses has been rescheduled to pre-master level, which makes me more difficult to follow their schedule that conflicts with my own ...

but anyway, if i don't follow the courses at school, i will plan to study something on my own.

:(
On the last day the weather is very nice and clear. the temperature is about 20 - 22 degrees. Therefore it's a good time to go to the Prague Castle,


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which is on the other side of the Charles Bridge.


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at the entrance there are guards are standing in front... because The official residence of the President of the Czech Republic is this Prague Castle. (however, now is 'used to be')


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The St. Vitus Cathedral


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On the way out the castle there are guards...

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The trip to Prague is wonderful.

Although the weather was not sunny everyday, the temperature was acceptable for me to WALK around the old town.

The streets in Prague are just similar to Brussels, and somewhere are like Paris and more like Nice.

The food were nice and tried some typical Czech's in the restaurant.

Since it's summer time, there were lots and lots and lots of tourists.

The most unforgettable experience was the beer in Prague, cold and fresh, and much cheaper than the Netherlands.

i remembered saw such pictures somewhere on internet.

but this time i saw the real one...

Funny WC in Prague


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