星子天空

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http://www.mississauga.com/what's%20on/article/969395--poet-bridges-a-cultural-gap

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http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=49374

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儿子忽然想起来说，妈妈，我忘了给了投票了。
现在我就投。。。

然后投完后，说怎么我随便打一个，还可以投？ 。。。

这些天太忙了，结果昨天接完儿子打球，却忘了送他弹琴。。。

结果今天给老师发信道歉。。。

儿子自己的事不记得，倒惦记着我的事。。。可能弹琴是故意忘了

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http://www.annapoetry.com/?p=789

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谢谢南音主编安排的绿色生活访谈。报纸收到，很精美。

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http://www.annapoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Anna_Yin-_Launch_flyer.pdf

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[  心情: Happy ]

http://www.annapoetry.com/?page_id=64

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我想出版商最终还是用黑白的了。。。





http://www.annapoetry.com/?p=731

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http://www.annapoetry.com/

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I was glad to receive email from Canada Immigrant to inform me that I have been selected among 75 nominated for the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2011 Awards! The voting phase for the Awards begin on Feb. 18. The online vote for the Top 25 is at http://www.canadianimmigrant.ca/top25, starting Feb. 18.

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最后还是发现简单就是美！

原来以为出版商给我设计的封面太简单。。。结果自己试着设计鲜艳漂亮的，但看久了还是出版商的简简单单的黑白好看。。。

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLt6wo1trzs&feature=fvsr

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLt6wo1trzs&feature=fvsr

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http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now.html

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方便多了。

http://www.annapoetry.com/

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节日快乐

老生常谈也罢，情不由衷也罢，
快乐就像山坡上滚下的雪团，
推激着节日的情绪。
礼物在包装好的袋子里
等待着又一次惊喜。
人们已经习惯于寄节日
来快乐，假节日来抒情，
今天过后，清单上的烦恼
并不会自动消除，快乐也像雪团
融化开去，让缅怀他的人们再一次
期待。

我在邮箱里准备了一份同样的快乐，
却犹豫着发送。
当快乐变成快递的礼物，我
知道自己不过是另一个伪惊喜。
而我的节日我已习惯于泡上一壶茶，
翻开一本书，写下一段话，
跳一段舞，读一首诗。
再看看窗外，陪孩子打打球，
一起讲讲故事，告诉孩子
快乐是我们自己的选择，
不需要长长的清单，也不需要等待。

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一直没有想好给儿子什么样的圣诞礼物，今年他的生日因为计划改变，所以临时定了去大瀑布的水上公园。。。
出乎意料地吃住和玩都不错，还顺路购物了。只是没有给儿子买什么，因为不想浪费。所以今晚我问他开心不？
他说开心，但还是有点不开心，因为他没有礼物。 我把他抱得紧紧的，我说你是不是知道我们最爱的就是你。他说知道，真的。
他说，妈妈你今晚就睡在我这，就是我想要的礼物。当他快睡着时，和我说，妈妈，你是我最好的朋友。

儿子从来不奢求，所以有时我也觉得对他太严了。想想很多小孩都有圣诞礼物，我们答应他的IPAD还没到，所以我想了好久，我想也许我的心里话是最好的礼物。

我写了圣诞卡，给他，夹了一张支票，没写金额，却写了

Love Forever.... amount: priceless.

这就是我的礼物！

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生日和圣诞一起，
今年我们不去别处。
流年似水，年少的
不知独上高楼的滋味。

告别迪斯尼的梦幻，
在冰寒之地，华灯初上。
凭着窗子，或流连桥底，
看风景的人也装饰风景。

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写了人的四类追求幸福的。。。还真有道理。。。

http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=48489

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晚会主持

乐队表演

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电话里你说买了老房子，
一直没心情装修。
屋前屋后，叶子落了满院，
积尘的书架堆满了杂物。

又是一个冬天，所有的日子
开始冻结。不再象流水，
校舍的呼唤和敞开的心扉。

所有的日子都去吧，
你不会记得星光下年轻的朗诵。
阳光透不进老房子，
你听得到自己的脚步声。

梦想如挂在墙上的风景，
我看得见苍白如雪的你。
我很想告诉你，门背后，
人生才是一道道亮丽的风景，
容许自己燃烧吧，哪怕柴火
或者油灯，照亮别人， 也照亮自己。

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http://www.ted.com/talks/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty.html

Great!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Hk6qDgQjA&NR=1

http://www.metrolyrics.com/best-i-ever-had-lyrics-gary-allan.html

Too sad, Gary wrote this song for his wife after her suicide.

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以前总觉得我自己以后的故事会很精彩。。。。经历这一周末，觉得儿子的故事一定要写出来。。。

可惜摄像机没电了。只能通过口叙了！

先记下来。。。

星期六参加的301-800 rating 小组赛，每组五人循环赛，赢小组四场，获小组第一，取得复赛的资格。可惜因为时间误会，误了参加复赛。

下午参加201-600 rating 小组赛，每组五人循环赛，赢三场，取得小组第一。获复赛，打进前四名。

第二天，两人团体赛，每组三队循环赛，打进决赛和另一组的第一名团队争夺金牌。下午五点获得胜利。

两天内jason一共打了16场比赛。赢12场。输四场。他打得很努力，超常发挥，击败了不少比他rating 高的，年龄比他大很多的小孩和成人。 自己也信心大增，学会在压力下控制情绪。是一个很好的成长经历。现在写下来估计得分200多。12月份可以核实一下rating。

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全家周末又是开车去不同的城市比赛了。。。

昨天儿子打乒乓，大家觉得他进步神速，一问我们每周他练习的时间并不多，因为还有篮球比赛等，朋友说他有这么好的潜力，应该专攻乒乓球的。

但儿子更喜欢篮球，我们也觉得篮球和乒乓球可以互补，一个是团体运动，一个是个人运动。都很锻炼他。其实他打得这么好，我们开始也没预料到。不过越往上，竞争越激烈，越需要时间去练习。

好在儿子学习一点没落下，全A，只是钢琴现在弹的时间不够。但作为学校乐队的主力，他还是绰绰有余。 所以我们还是放心地让他做自己喜欢的事。

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为什么写？
你这样问，我并不惊奇。
我也这样问自己，为什么？
我曾经冬眠在雪下，
白色的纯净我以为我可以忘记。

为什么还在写？
那些白蝴蝶追着我。
我看见你的影子，看见薄雾的飘舞。
从冰封的河面下传来湍流声，
不曾忘怀夏夜，秋日以及大海。

总是试图避免触及
飞鸟，花瓣，月色，剑鞘。
它们在我的梦境游离，
在我的肌肤刻下的印痕
就好比你。 我固执地把你写进故事，
以为一瞬就是永恒，我即你，
而你即我，一面镜子，一潭碧湖，
我把自己收进你澄澈的眼睛里。

你问我，追寻什么？等待什么？
我无法告诉你。
有一天，也许我们会清楚。
对于未来，因为无法了解，才彰显它的美丽，
对于过往，因为书写，才让我们相依一起。

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昨天因陪侄女出关办STUDY permission，特意走了走彩虹桥。。。天气很好，陆续有人在桥上散步。

很久没去那里了，风景还是那样美。。。

BBCode:



把今天的贴一下，等有时间了再找出10年前的。

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更多的谜刻在身上，
象指纹一样缠绕。

躺下去，
往事沉浮在河面。

青色的藤，紫色的衣，
古寺兀立如洗。

失散的鸟更像钟声
撞碎两岸的寂寞—

而雨，遽来遽去，
扁舟一叶独行。



4)

Uphill

总有驿站，总要远行，
不去计算年轮，
也不去想穿过了几道门。

不问天边的彩虹，
也不想路有没有尽头。

风把生命的种子带上，
夜把眷恋和等待停泊。

总有黎明，总要启程，
不去计算车轮，
也不遗憾经过多少迷经。

爱把世界带上，
云伴希望远行。

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Hey, be strong. Sometimes I say this to myself. But now I want to say this to you. I know you face a new life now. So don't look back, enter the new door. There are always miracles in front of you, believe in yourself. I always remember to allow myself dream because it lifts up one's heart. Yes. Dream. Though sometimes each of us has different course, but our courses are like river beds, the force from the river could change the paths. So the same will happen to you. Remember life is a gift. Go for it.

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晚十一时，朋友从新加坡打电话给我们急事。希望第二天送她女儿去Markham 面试。我很惊讶，哪有感恩节面试的？
不过还是答应了，叫她女儿小心点，搞清楚是不是真的面试。

感恩节只好改变计划，下午我送女孩去面试，看是很堂皇的大楼和公司，我说在门口等，有事打电话给我。 女孩进去了。

我一直在门外等了一个小时，心想面试应该结束了。怎么还不见出来，就想进去看看，可是进不去，也看不见人影。（当然，节日呢）

开始着急了，在想等到什么时候，是不是要报警？

我就在大楼外转呀转，还好看见一个工作人员老外，就说了我的担心。老外倒很同情我，说他的卡只能进八楼。其他楼不能去。
然后他就问我是女孩的什么人？他说，我等人有我的原则，等朋友20分钟。等父母30分钟。超过一分钟我就走。你等了1个多小时，可以开车走了。 我说我答应了，就只能等，只是我担心出什么事。。。
他说那就不关你的事了。。。
看来我们的思维真的不同。

又等了一小时，女孩出来了。我想再不出来，我是不是真的应该报警？

女孩说，三个人面试她，所以时间很长。开车到401上，对方还追打了两个电话问她面试问题。。。。

从来没遇见过这样的事。今天讲给我同事听，他们也说从没这样的事。如果两小时后，是可以报警的。。。

看来现在大学生找工作很难。。。

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每年一度学校给每个学生发一箱巧克力，希望学生拿去卖，这样学校就有更多的资金开展其他活动。去年和学校提过，因为很多人不提倡巧克力，能不能卖其他实用或有教育意义的东西。可惜学校认为这个利润最大，所以还是每年如此。去年是自己自销，但今年决定让儿子去当街卖，试试胆量和被拒的感受。

儿子说我们挨家挨户敲门卖吧，我说不好。熟人打搅不太好，还是到图书馆门口和商店门口合理。
所以昨晚乘天还没黑，就守在出入口了。

出师倒是顺利，因为我看到一对年轻人坐在图书馆门口聊天。我说，赶快。这个能成。
果然，儿子象她和男孩介绍了。女孩要了两个。（在这之前，我们商量着，学校是一个3元，我们卖2个5元。。。因为只要卖出去点，我们就算成功，少包销一点）开始儿子不太明白，想想懂了，因为最后肯定是父母全买下了。

我远远站着，儿子不断问出入图书馆的人，他们都摇头拒绝。

后来儿子问我，为什么你知道哪个会买？

我让自己想想。。。我讲了一个朋友做销售的故事。。。也讲了其他的东西。。。

这一趟，回来的路上，儿子说，真难。。。我还是好好读书吧。

我说，现在你知道了吧，挣每一分钱并不是容易的事。

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一直想给儿子借些好书读。
发现他和他同学读的书多是一个类型的科幻小说类。我翻了翻一系列的都有点像一个套子里出来的。语言和文学性以及教育性都很差。
读来读去就是好人坏蛋的决斗。。。

因此很想找点短篇真实有意义的书给他读，找了很久，只找到
Chicken Soup for pre-teens.

我读了，觉得很好，就给儿子读。一般来说，我选的书，我总是先强迫他选一篇读，然后自己决定喜欢不。
很多的书，他总是否定我，因为他喜欢自己选的。不过这一次他决定读下来。 前天去购物，看到另一本Chicken Soup,他让爸爸买下来。

昨天晚上读了六篇，然后要抱着我，我觉得他真的心里感动了。抱得我很紧，说，“妈妈，你是我最好的朋友！”


好书是最好的教育，好书也永远不会过时！

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今天才得知公司一同事检查出乳癌。。。明天动手术。

希望一切平安。

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The one-and-only poetry ook for the whole family.

(audio-book)

Read by John Lithgow...

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Wings Towards Sunlight --Anna Yin

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, “The water in the well does not disturb the water in the river.” If one might see the well as the still centre of inner life and the river as the ever-changing time-bound outer world, then one might see in this the nature of the human predicament as we strive to make connection between the life of the self and the life of the cosmos. In Anna Yin’s poems we find a yearning to reify the connection between that which is eternal and that which is ephemeral. These poems explore the nature of experience as it occurs in the ever present here and now and as it recurs in the contemplative life of the poet. They capture experience as it happens, linger in the moment, and render each moment in language that strives to hold on long enough to reveal and illuminate the meaning of primary experience. Here too we have memory, dream, and the transformative power of imagination. We have wish and wonder, echo and shadow. The poems give us a world where “sand is sand,” where east meets west, where Emily Dickinson meets Li Po, where the past communes with the present, the city is “involute” like a leaf, the contemporary poet strives to “depict snow/from a scientific point of view/ transparent and unique,” but embracing failure of that particular tyranny of the rational and analytic mind, she celebrates “whiteness/ whiteness and/whiteness that you leave behind.” In her poem, “Window and Mirror” she writes, “Window pleads to Mirror:/ ‘Let us ally.’ / I watch outside; / you look inside.” And in through this particular metaphor she explores the wonderful world and the wonderfilled “I” knowing that looking and seeing are not the same, and that listening and hearing are not the same. If one imagines “a door ajar/ in a waiting room” or a “…window, now open./ (where) winds blow through” one might imagine the vanishing of the disconnection, one might become “Li Po,/ dancing whith his white sleeves,” one might realize Emily Dickinson’s soul “ready to welcome the ecstatic experience” one might indeed “outlive” the puny hardships of human experience. As Anna Yin writes in the concluding words of her closing poem “…words settle as seeds,/ left to tell—”.

John B. Lee

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The chilly wind blows
leaves hastily fall.
In shattered scarlet
trees, young and old,
shiver.

On Wall Street,
behind bleeding screens,
reddish clumps
become burning fires.

Among branches' shadowy limbs
woodpeckers retreat
their black beaks blunt.

Hollow eyes stare at the panicked street:
lies tangle in greed climb the twisted charts.

Soon, it all will turn to ash
inhaled by everyone--
wring sweat and blood
from our flesh.

Plowing through billions of seeds,
we hold our breath--
with the coming snow,
what else but plowing?

(published in "Tough Time" when the money doesen't love us)

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昨晚很晚在小路上散步，看着明月才觉得中秋到了。

晚上写了首。因为忙着准备诗歌活动以及自己的工作。。。等有时间再贴吧。

昨天收到wilda的来信说我的“An Invisible Cocoon" 获了第三名。
我知道这首很好，走出了我自己的局限。。。另一首也不错 "It Is Not a Date". 不过要等两个月才知道杂志选不选用。：）

Terry 说照我这样，很快就会又有新书。我说出书就要用好作品。。。所以第二本会等一段时间了。

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open the link to see it close.... http://www.visionsfineart.com/ocampo/images/family_of_birds.jpg

今天配了诗---爱上的人

慢慢地你会明白
这张脸成了你的天空。
展开去，你看到一只
又一只小鸟
在你的眼帘，你的嘴角。
掏空的树心藏着的秘密
被清脆吵醒，焦黄的眉梢
一点点隐去离去的悲伤。

叶子早已凋落，
注定鸟也要飞走。
你想象御寒的冬衣
没有来得及准备，
夜成了梦的迁徙。
一把雨伞，一手花籽，
一条河淌在心里。

---More paintings

http://www.visionsfineart.com/

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You are welcome to come and have fun.

http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/libraryprograms;jsessionid=3NL4QVNFSWTFTTRPH3XD4FWOF25W4PW0?paf_gear_id=9700017&itemId=107800211n&returnUrl=%2Fportal%2Fresidents%2Flibraryprograms%3Bjsessionid%3D3NL4QVNFSWTFTTRPH3XD4FWOF25W4PW0

http://www.culturedays.ca/en/celebration-schedule/view/4c6b23dc-78ac-43a4-86d2-348d4c4a89be

Be open-minded!

Be ready to experience and share thoughts!

星期一收到采访要求。。。。我简单介绍了。

今天收到艺协的电邮说图书馆有了纪念章和书签等，大家可以去领。

http://www.mississauga.com/what's%20on/article/873803--city-celebrates-culture

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本来我自己选的课不打算找公司报销了，但同事说公司应该给报销，让我去试试。所以今天下午把课程内容打印了，交给经理，和他详谈之后，觉得符合公司的制度，所以批了。

可惜去年的课程没有及时申报，不过我已经很开心了。以后很多事确实要主动去问问，不能报销也没关系，自己试过就好。

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My Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulOb9gIGGd0

You Raise Me Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxc9hbwkkw&feature=related

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Girls’ Night
The book club night seems perfectly transformed to be our Girls’ Night. However we are not young any more. I am the youngest one there. Sometimes they talk about the mood change, the medical check, I will ask silly questions like “What are you talking about? I never have this kind of experience.” They laughed. “Ten years later, you will go through that.” That scares me. Because I never heard my mom or my sister talked that before. Anyway, I decide to enjoy life now and keep being healthy.
We mostly talk about daily life, seldom talk about books. We joke about that too, “Are we really book-lovers?” For me, it doesn’t matter, I learn a lot from these talks. That is true life. It always seems one or two have some problems such as their own physical or kids’ behaves, even worse the other half’ failing health. Jenney’s husband has kidney transferred lately. Jenney suffers a lot since it is not easy to take care of her husband. She goes for jogging to keep her stress out. Suzan told me the stories of her youth.
So we share good times and bad times. It is amazing to know all of us has different path, yet connected by something together. And we call it “Book Club”.

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http://markclement.typepad.com/markclement/2010/08/no-arms-no-legs-no-worries.html

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For some reason,
you become my child—
like a heaven tree
conceives her seed.

Stars and stones,
fire and ice,
you become the one
shining in my floral cup.

I want to tell you—
besides the root,
wings you grow.

For the same reason,
I let you go.

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http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=47324

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不太稳定，有些奇怪的情况出现。。。。
比如图上不了，或帖子的顺序乱了。

今天一看浏览的有200多，，一定又来了不少黑客。。。

这两天多查一下。。。

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一群人还在谈着海子，
闪烁的烟头隐现驶近的列车。

窗外已是深秋，一个夏天过去，
知了停住了喧嚣。

你躲进书房，
手指滑过一排书目。
月光映照“安娜卡列琳娜”，
一行铁轨铺在你的面前。

月收拢脸，
一把弯刀，
沉甸甸的玉米地里
听得到收割声，
流水声。

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN5nVmhYyZw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dasuQ9u8i0&feature=related

http://www.pronunciationworkshop.com/americanpronunciationdemo1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIoD11Q8WQk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nPvoSo6Vxs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De0uAbjOEOQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3755U7sm1Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4DvWcZlSA&feature=related

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A Thousand Splendid Sun by khaled hosseini ( the author for The Kite Runner)

Last week I got this book from our book club and I liked it right away. It tells sad stories about two women in Afghan during the wars and Taliban times.

It stunned me that how deeply sorrowful the male author wrote towards his feeling about women. The world was closed up in that corner for women even today. I wonder how I could survive if I t were me.

I recommend this book since after reading, we would be more grateful for our own peaceful life.

Another book I just finished was "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder" which I found it more talelike story.
In the story, Calla is a sweet and optimistic girl who has healing hands and wants to be like her mom (a beautician) using hands to heal others. It is a more romatic story though the girl encounters tough times when she loses her mom by breast cancer and her lovers.

These two books are in different styles and unique tones. But both open our heart and make us think.

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今年的休假只能等圣诞了。。。。

回来晚上去图书馆把九月的Culture Days 活动定了下来。

具体在这，欢迎大家参加。

http://www.culturedays.ca/en/celebration-schedule/view/4c6b23dc-78ac-43a4-86d2-348d4c4a89be



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玩得狠好。
玩了滑水，TUBE。游泳，划船等 看了日落，漫天星空。。。

照片狂照了一通。。。。交了新朋友。

希望下次再来。

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in Tough Times, Black Moss Press, edited by John B. Lee

Poems and poets are listed here

http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?p=237547#237547

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My friend wrote her blog about museums in GTA

http://architectonicto.blogspot.com/

I am glad to read it and think about buildings with new perspective.

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下班先去按摩，正好顺路。
先读下小曼的诗。。。想想模仿一下她。。。写着玩。

去赵宁家主要看有没有合适的山水画。。。

今天很感动，很想对所有人说爱。。。。

经理休假回来，在我的桌上放了一个纸条和一份乒乓球比赛的海报，说也许我儿子用得着。。。。

谢谢了。

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这几天，呼哧呼哧地用着免费的PHOTOSHOP 设计着插图。。。。
今天它自动地屏蔽了好多功能，不能再改了。。。
又得用回原来装在服务器上的。。。。

一个慢字。。。

好不容易新学了几个功能，正想用。。。

发现任何东西，一进门，才发现山外有山。。。

我还是回我的老巢？

贴一个为I Remember How Sandclock Sounds设计的插图。。。

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http://www.e-style.ca/writing.htm

读了他的，看了他的，我想我要花时间改我的诗歌网站了。。。

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最近很忙，健身少了。所以长周末不上，去俱乐部打球，去按摩。

下午约了Terry来家里写介绍，和参考插图意见。

希望下月和其他几个一起详细讨论定夺。

自己还要准备其他的workshop材料等。。。。

另外工作也忙了。

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（一）
再次梦到一条船，
手里抓着一把船票。
检票人说，过期。
半途折返。
醒来，默思良久。
悟道：放手。


（二）
睡梦中，我抱着你。
长长的双臂缠绕。
夜寒袭来，
我希翼象一粒花仔
蜷缩在你的怀里。
其实，我并不坚强，
来世，我做你的儿女。

（三）

梦见庄周，
一群人等着解梦。
说来道去，一个字。

我拜过，他不语。
拿起我的手，
手心向上。
两个字,
一个在他的手里，
一个在我的心里。

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Jason always asked me to tell a story before sleeping.

Last night I made several riddles and he thought very funny and good. He said I could ask them in my workshops too.

So I write them down in case I will forget.

Riddles: (the rule, you have three chances to ask a question, and I only give Yes or No. After three times, you must say the answer.)

1. It has legs. It cannot move.


2. It has eyes. It cannot move but it can grow.


3. It has legs. It cannot run. Sometimes more legs come and it turns heavy; other times, those legs go and it turns lighter.

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http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?p=236918#236918

加了游记了。。。（以及TIPS)

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http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?p=236794#236794

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http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/drives/map/banff-jasper

http://nihao789.blog.hexun.com/34215085_d.html

http://nihao789.blog.hexun.com/34101084_d.html

临时抱佛脚，只有跟着走。。。

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因为ON Call，和加班， 不能去宿营，所以只有其他方式补偿儿子。

第一天带他去家附近钓鱼，他钓到两条小鱼
带他去看国庆日表演，和烟花。。。

第二天打球，以及去ROM 看兵马俑展。

第三天去朋友家摘樱桃，打球，BBQ。。。 朋友说上次我获奖，要我请客，所以带去香槟。。。

钓鱼回来，写了半首诗。。。。（I Want to Kiss。。。。没写完。。。）

看兵马俑回来，写了首诗。。。http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=46967

其实到哪里，都有收获。去宿营回来的朋友刚打电话来兴师问罪。。。怪我们没去，不过他们也玩得不错。。。

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因为加班，所以不能去宿营了。。。

还好，密市今晚有烟花，还有7：00PM

7:10 pm Marshall Dane 的表演。。。（上次见到告诉他说，我喜欢他的表演，并觉得他会获2010 MARTY Award) 他说，不一定，密市有太多优秀的艺术人才。他觉得很难。今晚亲眼看看他的表演。

http://www5.mississauga.ca/rec&parks/websites/mymississauga/2010/canada_day/map_schedule.pdf

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就要去宿营了。

去年写了 Rain...因为下雨。

希望在山中再写点什么。。。

朋友家后院两棵樱桃树，打电话来叫摘樱桃。可惜太忙，没有时间过去。只好叫她们多摘点，带到宿营地大吃特吃。

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“忘了她”，
心里说上一百遍，
一千遍，
隔着一个海峡，
两岸的鸟声依然不断，
镜子里的缘愁越来越长。

拿起剪子，
院子里的树开始修剪。
一片，两片，剪下爱，剪下恨，
落了满怀的沧桑。

抽刀断水，月光凌凌的脸
留不住
岁月穿梭的梦。

拿起，放下，
一生写满，
石碑上留下
千山外的相思。

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最近要自己安排自己加班。因为月底要去宿营，以及月中去卡尔加里。但先前安排的工作进程不能影响，只能自己加班了。。。

不过还是很感激经理让我休假，我也保证自己先期完成工作。

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http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?p=236405#236405

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生命中我们都可能经历不少人和事。有支持你的，有打击你的。有的是好意，也有敌意的。了解我的朋友和亲人总是说我很坚强。因为都认为我很坚强，我反而没有不坚强的理由。不过无论是对我好的，还是不好的事，我总是能积极地对待和解决。累不累？累！ 苦不苦？苦!
有些时候我会放下，算了轻松过吧。但昨天我真的面临着做重大决定的冲动。思量很久，哭了三次，我还是放弃了。感恩吧。如此，心境就平和了。生活对我已经很宽容，我也愿意表白自己对所有过往的感激。生命中没有这些人，这些事，我又如何找到自己的挚爱：诗歌，以及体验到爱和痛。人生是由无数个过程组成的，我记下了它们，并且有足够的理由来怀念，来庆典。我只能说我很幸运。我总在想，路也有相交的时候，如果我们都带着憧憬，未来还是充满希望。
我感谢我的所有，感谢诗歌中闪耀的人和事。并祝愿每个人。

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门廊的两盏灯一整夜不闭眼。
它们互相点亮着黑暗里的温暖。
走过多少夏天，我从来没有注意到，
孤独袭来的时候，我只是其中的一盏。
守在灵魂的门廊，我倾听一夜夜的风雨，
翻开的书页里，一个身影串出来，又进去。
月光在我的笔上滑动，无声地溅入夜的长河。
不经意，我已习惯独饮独醉，辗转于句子里。
每一次转身，我听见一尾鱼的游动，一只鸟的身影。
也许，其实，我照见镜子不断地重复破碎的迭影，
叠进来叠出去，今天，昨天，春夏秋冬的记忆。
书页的空白部好像告诉我，该去填写什么，
阳光春风铺满我们一生的语句和转折，
不再迟疑花开的月夜和星空的呓语。
让红酒的香郁流连成温暖的河道，
再一次倾听爱在天籁的挚明。

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因为公司在机场附近，所以这周大家都在家上班了。

为新书设计的插图草稿。。。贴几个





Love Is Deluxe

You will not persist—
love.
It is deluxe.

Instead, you will halt—
what is wrong with a peacock,
unfolding splendid feathers and trade?

But, my eyes fall on
the bareness,
and cry.





Twilight

I awake to listen,
a still hill glowing in twilight.
Waves from the faraway ocean
cradle me;
warm breezes stir high-land reeds.

A water lily
in her own petalled reflection,
rippling in crimson,
vanishes into the dawning light.

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As I said before, the reason I wanted to join Jerry’s classes was to improve my verbal English. But from his first class, I knew what I could learn was far more than that. From his stories, I could see how strong his will was. But even strong persons still need motivation from others. Listening to his speeches, I am sure many students were encouraged. Lately I read Lang Lang’s book Lang Lang: Playing with Flying Keys, the same impression came to me. The road to Rome really depends on one’s persistent effort. Most of us lack the will to continue our dreams, thus most of us fail.

Yes, indeed the road to Rome is very difficult. The reality can easily shatter our beautiful dreams. Sometimes we do doubt the reason to pursue a long unpredictable journey when we could retreat ourselves to a normal and relax life. Many times I ask myself to be like others, and just relaxed. Many times, I still cannot give up. I don’t know why. I sense that that is my hope. That is the freedom beyond life. But what do I want to prove? What do I want exactly?
I never ask for too much from life, indeed it is generous to me. But still I feel empty.
Last week, I went to check my lottery ticket. A lady joked with me, "Good luck." I smiled yet thought if I really had luck, then the dream I hold now would be given up. It gave me an ironic shock. It seemed my dream was never larger than a lottery jackpot. Indeed, I was like others. So I told the lady that maybe without luck I was blissful. She didn’t understand. I didn't say any more. But I was glad that maybe my destiny was to continue my dream.
Life cannot be meaningful without purpose and dreams.

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我确实很溺爱我的孩子。快十岁了，每天我还会陪他睡一会。而且不时地要抱抱他。我总是一见他，就想抱他，亲他。早起，我还是他的玩具马，七十磅，我驮着他下楼。很多时候，我因此挨批，但母儿俩俩会相视而笑，有时真觉得老人说的儿子前生是母亲的情人，很有道理。其实我对所爱的人都很溺爱。总是怕伤害他们。所以一直以来自己倒假坚强了。儿子刚生下来，护士都说很英俊。我也看着像我父亲，那时的母爱幸福感真打开了女人的第二次世界。因此我总是对每一个女人说，无论如何，今生一定要做一次母亲。 儿子从小就很乖，很懂事，我一直觉得很幸运。所以很想很想有第二个。不幸流产了两次。而后来爱上了诗歌，诗歌成了我的一群孩子。
虽然我很爱我的孩子，但如果我计划做的事，我一定会去做。有时儿子不明白，说我不爱他了，我会告诉他，妈妈也要去做自己喜欢的事。每个人都有自己的追求和梦想。妈妈会为了梦想去学很多东西，妈妈也要自己的时间和空间。我想让他知道，这世界不只是为他一个人转，这世界在任何时候都可以有梦想。儿子对我很有信心，每次我办活动，他都告诉她老师，并邀请他同学来参加。这次获奖前，儿子说，你不赢我会惊奇的。我笑了，怎么比我还有信心？儿子说，你获了不少奖，你很努力呀。 现在儿子摆在家里的奖牌比我的多多了。有体育的，有音乐的，有数学的。
有时我想只有一个孩子，也是一个的好处，可以更多时间做自己喜欢做的事。

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这几天在读朗朗的自传。本来是买给儿子读的，但他就不读，因为他知道为什么想他读。
我倒是读的泪流满面。做天才很难，真的要很坚强。做天才的父母，更要坚强。
读了朗朗的书，我开始理解为什么他那么喜欢钢琴，为什么弹得那么张扬，除了他的天分以外。那是因为他的世界在里面，那么小的孩子，更多的时候只能从音乐中得到快乐，得到解脱，是幸也是不幸。在此，我也更深地理解成才除了天分，毅力是最终的决定因素。当然更重要的，朗朗说的对，是他和他爸这样的team。一样的梦想，一样的坚强。虽然这里面牺牲了多少亲情。
想想自己以及其他爱做梦的人，很多时候也想放弃，不想坚强下去。所幸的我，总在最低潮的时候有过朋友，爱人以及老师，甚至陌生人的鼓励。当然也有劝我放弃的，我知道他们的好意，诗歌这条路是孤独的，有一次，一位朋友很意味深长地说，但一个人选择了其他人很难共享的爱好，她注定是孤独的。我说，我知道我的选择就是孤独的，但我总以为一路上会有某个人，或某种交错，某种神秘，让我去感受，去领略。如果生命中失去了这些，我的每一天和第二天都是一样的，活着如同一潭死水而已。
我们每个人都有自己的选择，有些人坚持了，有些人放弃了。我一直记得一位认识不久的朋友，很坚信地说，你会做到任何你想做的。有些时候，我们靠的是别人的信心。
我的免费英文老师Terry总是这样说，安娜，如果我觉得你的诗不好，或你没有潜力，我不会浪费我的时间的。我失落的时候总有人来鼓励我，我以为自己很坚强，其实也许我错了。除了幸运，我还有他们。

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请参考，

http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=46810

谢谢！

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Photo by Annette Seip

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http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=46783

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I just listened to the first charpter and I was attracted by the book!

Author: James Redfield

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgNSBbeT-Es

和Marshall Dane 合影





七月要去卡尔加里看真正的牛仔了。

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http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/audioitem.html?id=2206

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Good points.

by Peter Kreeft

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photography credit to Annette Seip

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同楼的公司每星期请跳舞老师教一次跳舞。
说我们也可以加入，5元捐款。

今天中午去跳了，女孩多，所以我和一个年轻女孩搭档。

不错。虽然我会跳舞，但没有正式学各种慢舞，大家都很放松。老师也不很严格， 所以反而学得轻松。

上次被一对一地教，（60 元一个小时， 朋友给我免费票）老师给我列计划，我想我又不往职业发展，就很快逃跑了。

现在这样中午休息时去跳，又锻炼身体，又交了隔壁朋友。



现我们公司同事让我教跳舞了

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Thursday night (June 3) will be an exciting night since the 2010 Marty Awards’ winners will be announced. I have four tickets. I invited my good friend and also my English teacher Terry to join me. Today, I called him to ask him come early and stay at my house for supper. Then we all go to the Gala together. I mentioned I may need to do my hair. He laughed, “Anna, you need not worry about your image. You need not to be a dragon lady to be there. What stands out for you is your work, your poetry.” I replied, “I want to be neat in front of them. It is a formal event.” He said, “As far as I know, you always look neat. So don’t worry. Remember I said you looked like Neighbor-girl in your first chap-book cover, and the name card you put your photo on which looked dragon lady. Both are good. And now you are between. So you need no more fancy.” I laughed, “Ok, then I will save the money.”
Indeed, I seldom do my hair. I always keep it simple and straight. So what I need is to wash it, then my hair seems ok. For ten years in Canada, I only did three times. When my hair needs to cut, I call my friend who is a hairdresser and go to her house to cut for 15$. This way I save time and no trouble to make decision on what kind of style I need. Simply, no style. Anyway, so far so good.
Of course, I like to be Dragon Lady: elegant and pretty. But most time I am the Neighbor-girl: a casual and natural self. But I must confess I do want to be beautiful and lovely.
At the bar, I chatted with my colleagues. One said something in me lit up. He was not sure what exactly it was. I knew what he meant. I knew what it was. I talked with a girl friend in Regina who was single and hoped to find someone in her life. I said, “When you find something special and meaningful to you, try to enjoy and go for it, don’t worry. Your door will be open.” I know what opens my door. I know the world is beyond and make my life worthy and happy.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

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For long time, I secretly believed that I was like Scarlett O'Hara in the famous novel. I didn’t mean we experienced the same, I meant I had the same confusion like the dreams she dreamt. I chased a vague figure in the thick fogs without destination. And I woke up to face the reality.
Of course, I am much lucky. I have never encountered the civil wars. I have never needed to make a tough decision to exchange dignity for surviving. Survivor, the word is not for me; instead, I do feel blessed by a lucky star. But still I secretly believe I have something from her.
What is that? I don’t know it exactly. Through my writing, I start to discover a new world. I am glad that my space is not bounded any more. In my writing, yes, I could be Scarlett. I could experience a different time and space. I could stand up and face to the future. I always remember In the finale, Scarlett stands once more, resolute, before Tara.
“After all, tomorrow is another day!"
Some friends wonder why I like to daydream. In fact, I am a realistic person. But I like the beauty and pureness of our dreams. I need fancy to keep life chores from outcasting me.

I like Virginia Woolf saying, “It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality.”
It is true, I always invent a new way of living in writing, sad or happy, all the same to make my life worthy. Ideally, everyone likes to live with a different life. But we all have only one life to live. I always tell my friends, I choose the safe way to experience more. I take the reward and risk both. You may say, what risk is there, just writing? You will know if you write and find the deep and naked soul. And the freedom beyond.
Writing is so amazing that it stirs up your passion yet it also give you the peace. Once I had a good friend named peace by his name. We lost contact long ago. I wonder if he finds his peace. Of course, everyone defines peace differently. When I read Emily Dickinson’s poems,
I wonder how peaceful she has retained. Some friends told me that I would be lonely because of my unusual passion. I replied I enjoyed the solitary. My loneliness made my time not be wasted in the claimed-to-be friends of crowds. I mean I still love party and people, but don’t like waste time for any meaningless things.
One day I will go to Tibet. Though I am afraid to go there since I fear that mystery place will attract my soul and won’t let it go. For many things, I am like this, fear then retreat.
One day, I must act like Scarlett. Because everything will soon be gone with the wind.

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最近很忙。加拿大一家出版商已正式接受出版我的英文诗集。 很开心出版费用和销售他们负责！

书名他们建议改一个，从我自己的诗歌中找一句。 另外再增加30首。(总八十首左右） 所以现在还忙着再选三十首，其中他们一个编辑Mike会一直帮我定稿。 对我来说，无疑是一次很好的学习机会。我也给他们看了自己制作的诗歌展示，希望以后帮助推广。：） 九月他们会做书目推广和预售。正式海报出来后，我也会自己跟进一些相关活动。因为我自己很想学习他们整套流程，所以会积极参加。书定好了明年二月提交。我希望明年回国国内有售。 ：) 到时会到几个城市做诗歌展示，以及交流活动。现在也积极在海外交流以积累经验，丰富生活，推荐优秀诗作。



书名我暂时提供了几个，等出版商来定夺。

我们四人谈得很来，之后一起去吃中餐。

My lucky cookie said:
"Your persistence will soon be paid off". They agreed and said, my poems were very good, reflecting true feelings and thoughts through daily life and natural images and asked me to keep writing.

I am very happy indeed!

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http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4ab240e20100ilsa.html （阿九博客）

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http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=46659

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I admire great speakers. I wish I could speak in public like them. Several years ago, I joined Public Speaking Club and I enjoyed it very much. I made great effort to make my speech interesting and meaningful by using multimedia or other creative ways. Though my oral English was not good, people still enjoyed my speech.
Two weeks ago, I went to jerry’s class. He is a wonderful speaker, I must say. A great story-teller and a natural actor if his stories are made up. He has the talent to hook you with his stories hour after hour. He has the skill to change your attitude and move you to act. Through his talks, you can feel his passion and energy. The most important point that he makes in all his talks is that if he can do something then you can do it too. He makes no excuses for quitters, or for blaming others.
He seems to know how hard it is to change our habits and to commit ourselves to our promise to practice. So each week, he tells another story which stimulates us to keep our promise and strengthen our will.
I believe that I too have a great passion, yet mine is towards poetry and his is for teaching. But I can see the difference between our passion and result. My passion brings happiness mostly to myself. His passion brings happiness to himself and also others. I can see how happy and how proud he is, because he knows that he helps others and changes others’ lives. Now I know why I feel empty sometimes even although I am happy and proud of my poetry. I want my passion also to be shared and to be used to help others. I want my skills to be used to change others’ lives too.
I believe that everyone has asked himself, “What is the meaning of life?”. But most of us quit asking eventually.
I believe if we find the answer, we will be happy and we will live a meaningful life. I believe that Jerry has found his meaning. I may be finding mine yet I still have a long way to go.

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http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=46347

revised... Take a look and have fun!

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http://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life.html

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这几天借了“Adventures In Search of The Past". 很佩服那些考古的。。。要我去，边都摸不着。。。

前一阵电视讲达尔文的很好，可惜要陪孩子，没看全。。。以后补上。

我不懂为什么很多人无事可干，我只恨时间太少。。。放眼世界时，寂寞都没有时间了

决心不再沉浸在个人情感。。。多学多体会，过好每一天，感激每一天。让生命更有意义，无愧于自己，以及爱我的人！

朋友们，珍重！

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http://coviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=46409

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theavclub.com

from

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Arts-and-Entertainment/Comedy/The-Sound-of-Young-America-Podcast/7344?utm_source=FROTD&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Free%2BResource%20of%20the%20Day

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摆放在卧室里，
窗帘打开，
也不过低矮的天地。

等不到星星，
等到月亮高挂，
看清了，更神伤。

美丽是一种苍白。
太高太远太寂寞。

把镜头对转吧，
纵使疾风遽雨，
草枯木荣，
离你更近的，
点点留在你底心田。

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http://www.videovocab.tv/

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11岁以下比赛的第三名，被选入省队。。。

六月要去阿尔伯特省比赛。

这下我的休假要改了，要陪他去。（也许以后我们的休假就是到处练球和比赛了。

儿子真是黑马呀。昨天我们打算上午打完就回，因他下午有课，我晚上有课。结果他以先输两局，再连赢三局，打入半决赛。
所以只好等下午比赛，结果下午，他又是这样赢了，打入第三名。
我们很高兴，本来只是去培养点经验的，却没想他打进了安省球队。 ：）

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儿子早上有比赛。。。第一次去，培养点经验


中午赶回，晚上我去上课。（昨晚都有点想打退堂鼓，怕自己坚持不下，今早起早自己打气，好吧，下决心，就半年，看看自己能不能坚持了！：）

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1. Story for "Tie" (A poem about Facebook)
2. Story for "My Car as My Body"

3. Story for Rain poem.

4. Story for "After Reading Ted Hughes' Full Moon"

5. Story for Mr. Tiger

6. Story for "Longer Than I Know You"

1, 2 is on
http://anna.88just.com/story.pdf



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