This weekend full of surprise
星期日 二月 24, 2008 10:41 pm
I am really busy, The Poetry event I brought Jason there. I let him do his homework by himself. He did very well. He even go downstair to buy Pizza by himself. The staff liked him and gave him a free cookie. He was so happy to be a new and nice place. So we all have a good time this weekend.
Then we went out for dinner and had a wonderful meal. The next day, Jason did a lot of homework and then went to play basketball and played chess with others. I came with him as usual,I brought the book and discussed a few questions with another writer.
At home, Paul called me from Montréal and told me his plan about the multi-cultural project. He would like to find professional publisher for a book co-author by him and me (his 30 poems and my 30 poems). He also tried to apply a grant. And he wanted to pay me for translation of his poems in that coming book according to his proposal.
For me, it is a good surprise. I am happy that he really loves my poems and my translation. (He knows Chinese) I believe if we begin this project, it will be fun and most important it is a good learning process of languages and thoughts. So I am looking forward to it.
Another happy thing is that I called John .B. Lee. I never called him before since I think I should not disturb others when I could send email to them. But his email was changed and I was not aware of it. I thought he was too busy to reply me. Till today I called him to ask if he received my email. I am glad he was very happy to talk with me. Sometimes I should not let fear hold me back. Because indeed, the old fashion is a good way to contact people.