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By Xu Wenwen |
December 7, 2011, Wednesday
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PU Jun likes to keep busy. The project manager with the Hangzhou government has many hobbies including travel, photography, golf, scuba diving and motor racing.
Pu says there is little point in doing something just for the sake of doing it. So he always wants to excel at his hobbies.
"Many people hope to achieve some goals when they have time, but in my mind, you need to actually achieve goals," he says.
The 34-year-old, who was born and raised in Hangzhou, has already achieved a fair number of goals.
He has organized a motor club, which has more than 1,000 members. He races cars and has a rally license. He is also an amateur photographer - he studied art in college - and is known for taking striking pictures, whether it's at West Lake or on one of his many trips abroad.
The project manager has taken part in the city's two most important projects in the past decade - the renovation of West Lake and the establishment of Xixi National Wetland Park.
"I want to make my life wonderful and meaningful," Pu says.
While still in high school, when few Chinese people knew what backpacking was, Pu traipsed around Sichuan and Hubei provinces alone for almost a month. He spoke to locals and took his time exploring the places he thought were interesting.
He visited several cities, the scenic Jiuzhaigou Valley and the Three Gorges at the Yangtze River before the dam was built.
"During that trip I noticed I was just a speck of sand compared to the enormity of nature," he says. "I also learned that I should make the best use of my time during life and, since then, I have been eager to travel."
Pu says he has traveled so much that he doesn't know how many places he has been to. However, he once checked an online story about "50 places worth going to in China." There were only two on the list that he hadn't visited.
Pu says he utilizes time by not wasting any - he gets up at 5:30am so he can take photos at Xixi Wetland or West Lake, and goes to bed at midnight, after fishing his work and going to the gym. Also, he takes short trips as often as possible.
Pu once flew to Phnom Penh on Friday evening and rented a car to tour around the Cambodian capital and Angkor Wat. He returned to Hangzhou on Monday morning.
"Sometimes a long vacation is not possible, so I prefer to figure out a way to satisfy my urge to travel," Pu says.
On long vacations, he likes to challenge himself. In August, he organized a trip to Tibet with some friends. The group of more than 20 friends drove seven cars from Hangzhou to Tibet. The trip took 26 days.
Now he is planning to ascend K2, the second highest mountain on Earth on the border between Pakistan and China.
When Pu was 22, he and a friend founded the Zhejiang Winner Motor Club. It is the only authorized motor club in the province.
Pu is also proud of his rally license. His goal is to get an international rally driver's license so he can race in the prestigious Dakar Rally in the future.
Pu says there is little point in doing something just for the sake of doing it. So he always wants to excel at his hobbies.
"Many people hope to achieve some goals when they have time, but in my mind, you need to actually achieve goals," he says.
The 34-year-old, who was born and raised in Hangzhou, has already achieved a fair number of goals.
He has organized a motor club, which has more than 1,000 members. He races cars and has a rally license. He is also an amateur photographer - he studied art in college - and is known for taking striking pictures, whether it's at West Lake or on one of his many trips abroad.
The project manager has taken part in the city's two most important projects in the past decade - the renovation of West Lake and the establishment of Xixi National Wetland Park.
"I want to make my life wonderful and meaningful," Pu says.
While still in high school, when few Chinese people knew what backpacking was, Pu traipsed around Sichuan and Hubei provinces alone for almost a month. He spoke to locals and took his time exploring the places he thought were interesting.
He visited several cities, the scenic Jiuzhaigou Valley and the Three Gorges at the Yangtze River before the dam was built.
"During that trip I noticed I was just a speck of sand compared to the enormity of nature," he says. "I also learned that I should make the best use of my time during life and, since then, I have been eager to travel."
Pu says he has traveled so much that he doesn't know how many places he has been to. However, he once checked an online story about "50 places worth going to in China." There were only two on the list that he hadn't visited.
Pu says he utilizes time by not wasting any - he gets up at 5:30am so he can take photos at Xixi Wetland or West Lake, and goes to bed at midnight, after fishing his work and going to the gym. Also, he takes short trips as often as possible.
Pu once flew to Phnom Penh on Friday evening and rented a car to tour around the Cambodian capital and Angkor Wat. He returned to Hangzhou on Monday morning.
"Sometimes a long vacation is not possible, so I prefer to figure out a way to satisfy my urge to travel," Pu says.
On long vacations, he likes to challenge himself. In August, he organized a trip to Tibet with some friends. The group of more than 20 friends drove seven cars from Hangzhou to Tibet. The trip took 26 days.
Now he is planning to ascend K2, the second highest mountain on Earth on the border between Pakistan and China.
When Pu was 22, he and a friend founded the Zhejiang Winner Motor Club. It is the only authorized motor club in the province.
Pu is also proud of his rally license. His goal is to get an international rally driver's license so he can race in the prestigious Dakar Rally in the future.
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