Chapter 67 blue bell

The plane was about to land at the Sydney International Airport, and everyone began to fill out the immigration card. I saw a question on the top, is there any dirt on the soles of the shoes?I feel a little strange, which passenger's soles will be dust-free?A middle-aged man on the left of me told me, you just don’t have to fill in all the questions, why bother yourself?The guy on my right told me that we still have to declare truthfully. The Australian Customs pays more attention to the integrity of immigrants than the US and other customs. Since we feel that there is dirt on the soles of our shoes, we should declare.He also gave an example, that is, one of his buddies, who already has an Australian green card, returned to Australia from China last year, and brought more than 5,000 Australian dollars with him. According to Australian customs regulations, bringing more than this amount of Australian dollars into the country must

To declare, but the buddy thought it was troublesome, so he didn't declare, but he was questioned somehow, and finally got his green card cancelled.In fact, the customs only need to declare the currency of more than 5,000. It is not illegal to bring it in, and it will not be confiscated. It is often not inspected. They just need to record it and make statistics, probably for the purpose of carefully controlling the circulation of their currency. .The buddy couldn't figure it out afterwards, and begged the immigration bureau hard, but the answer was that honesty is an absolute prerequisite for becoming a new immigrant.After hearing what the young man said, I put a positive mark on the back of "Is there any soil on the sole of the shoe" and "Is there any medicine containing animal and plant ingredients?"

When entering the customs for passport and visa inspection, I took the initiative to lift up the soles of my shoes to show to the verification lady. She smiled and nodded, said "It's okay", and quickly stamped me to let me go.Later, I figured out that the so-called soil on the shoes refers to coming from some special areas, and the shoes are seriously stuck with wild soil or agricultural soil. Australia strictly guards against organisms or carriers containing biological components that hinder its inherent ecological environment. I entered the country, but they didn't take it for granted that I also declared general city dust, and they respected me a little more for my honesty.Before I got to the exit, I took the initiative to go to the red channel. When I got to the baggage check desk, I wanted to take out the quick-acting Jiuxin Pills from my bag and explain them to them. ?” I answered yes, then smiled and waved me out of the gate, and said “Welcome to Australia”, which made me feel very comfortable.Although I can pass through the green channel without declaring anything, I don't regret my "cautious" honest declaration at all.

In December, Australia began to enter the midsummer. In Beijing, the vegetation was withered and the cold was blowing, but in Sydney, it was full of trees and the smoky wind was blowing. Although many spring flowers had faded, some long-flowering plants were still blooming, and there were many seasons. Flowering plants are dotted everywhere, but an adjective like "bright purple" seems to be difficult to describe Sydney's floral colors.I noticed that the most widely planted herb in Sydney is a one-meter-high style column that can protrude from the strip leaves, with hydrangea-like blue flowers blooming on the top. I asked many friends, what is the name of this flower?Or they don't know, or they can only say a long list of English names, but they cannot be translated into Chinese.But this is actually the most common grass flower in Sydney. It blooms everywhere on the street, in parks, in front of houses, and on the beach, as if embroidering a blue network for the city.In addition, what really caught my eye was a kind of tree that looks like Albizia julibrissin from the pinnate leaves, but it does not bloom the golden-red lantana flowers that I am used to seeing in Beijing. It is a kind of spike-shaped flower that is thicker than azure and brighter than dark blue. When it is in full bloom, the leaves are not visible on the tree, and the blue is full of flowers, which is very spectacular.I asked for the name of this kind of tree, two words in English, the translation is blue bell, or it can be referred to as blue bell tree, its color is so unique!

The Christmas scene in Australia makes me feel a little weird. I used to catch up with Christmas in western countries. Santa Claus’s costume is very coordinated with the season of snowflakes. It should be a very pleasant thing to play Santa Claus, but Christmas here According to the rules, the old man must also wear a red winter coat and a soft pointed winter hat, but the environment he is in is midsummer, and the girls surrounding Santa Claus begging for candy gifts are only wearing thin dresses, and some boys are bare-chested , You said it was hard to act!I also noticed that the decorations hanging on Christmas trees of all sizes in Australia are mostly blue, such as big bells, which are also blue.Is this because blue is a cool color, which can relieve some of the hot summer?later with a

Ms. Sandra, a white woman, told me that Australians like blue because blue is the color of honesty. Among the excellent qualities of human beings, honesty should be ranked first. Honesty allows everyone to sleep peacefully. You can overcome difficulties when you do anything, and gain well-deserved benefits with confidence, and only honesty can build mutual trust and cooperation in interpersonal relationships. Honesty can prevent the world from breaking and human beings from being robbed... Every nation has its own favorite color, and everyone has the right to choose the color they like. It is not necessarily necessary for everyone to like blue, or to agree with Sandra’s explanation, but Sandna’s ode to blue , after all, it is exciting.In Sydney, one day I sat quietly for a long time under the blue bell tree in my friend’s garden. Later, when I closed my eyes and meditated, I felt that the countless blue bells on the tree branches were sending their chirping sounds to me. into my heart...