Brand new day! Someone may say like that.

But someone may say life is tough and boring.

No one is right or wrong on this topic,

because no one knows what tomorrow will be.

To be brave!

To become mature and stronger!

 Those are the only things we can be and we can do.

Bless to everyone, to everyone who has dreams!

Happy the year of tiger!

郭语翼

春天甘心地生了一个美丽的小孩儿

那么长的冬天让它感谢孩子的到来

春天保护着新的家人,不要外面的东西伤害它的宝贝儿

但是漫长的夏天让她快快的长大

那个小孩儿爱上夏天的天气

白天时她跟阳光一起唱歌儿

晚上时她告诉月亮她的心情

她忘了孩子天真烂漫的事,也忘了夏天有限期

秋天让她的样子改变

她不能认出她花儿的颜色

冬天让她太冷了

她没想到有一天树上会没有叶子

春天来时她看不到外面

所以春天看不到她

虽然她的母亲给世界新的生活斑斓的风景

但是她盲目地等待着更美的夏天

今年的夏天来时她高兴极了

当然它会记得她得体的动作

但是她发现夏天还不在意她喜迎人的行为

不能认可她的芬芳

春天甘心地生了一个美丽的孩儿

那么长的冬天让它感谢孩子的到来

没想到这么热情的季节能变得冷漠

没想到被呵护的孩子能感觉到失落

Yuyi GUO

who is my dearest friend and student, wrote this poem.

I posted here to show my great respect to her love on Chinese language and Chinese culture.

I wrote a email to her. In the email, I said,

It is a surprise to me when I received this poem. It’s amazing that your Chinese has improved so much. I am very very proud of you. You are not a language learner, you are a language genius.

 

I can read the strong will on your research in another language, I can read the romantic quality of you between the lines. I should say I like this poem very much.

 

Keep going on! I will be there always support you, my dear friend!

 

 我们是一群“Toastmasters”。

Toastmasters人邀请各位志同道合人士参加12月19日下午

1：30在南山路102路火知了酒吧举行圣诞大派对。

精彩的是节目，

丰富的是奖品，

 热诚的是来自

Westlake Bilingul Toastmasters Club

Moto Metalk Club

Moto Say hello Club

SSS Hangzhou Club

MSD club

State Street Club

Zhejiang University Club

的每一个Toastmasters人。

一起加入吧！

票价说明：由于Toastmasters为NPO性质的NGO，按照国

际惯例，盈余部分将用作区域Toastmasters俱乐部的发展。

 30.00/人，学生20.00/人。名额有限，请发邮件至

 ying@chinesebridge.info联系Ying，获取门票。

Toastmasters ABCs:

http://hztmc.blog.sohu.com/

www.toastmasters.org

Three meetings within three days!

But I missed one.

I refused to be the next turn President. And I explained why I did so. Thanks for the totally understanding from my dear toastmasters. I promise to be a competent VPPR in the coming year.

(simplified Chinese: 庄子; traditional Chinese: 莊子; pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ) was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. His name is sometimes spelled Chuang Tsu, Chuang Tzu, Zhuang Tze, Chouang-Dsi, Chuang Tse, Chuangtze or – in English – Master Chuang.

逍遥游

北冥有鱼①，其名曰鲲②。鲲之大，不知其几千里也；化而为鸟，其名为鹏③。鹏之背，不知其几千里也；怒而飞④，其翼若垂天之云⑤。是鸟也，海运则将徙于南冥⑥。南冥者，天池也⑦。齐谐者⑧，志怪者也⑨。谐之言曰：“鹏之徙于南冥也，水击三千里⑩，抟扶摇而上者九万里(11)，去以六月息者也(12)。”野马也(13)，尘埃也(14)，生物之以息相吹也(15)。天之苍苍，其正色邪？其远而无所至极邪(16)？其视下也，亦若是则已矣。且夫水之积也不厚，则其负大舟也无力。覆杯水于坳堂之上(17)，则芥为之舟(18)；置杯焉则胶，水浅而舟大也。风之积也不厚，则其负大翼也无力，故九万里则风斯在下矣(19)。而后乃今培风(20)，背负青天而莫之夭阏者(21)，而后乃今将图南。蜩与学鸠笑之曰(22)：“我决起而飞(23)，抢榆枋(24)，时则不至，而控于地而已矣(25)；奚以之九万里而南为(26)？”适莽苍者(27)，三飡而反(28)，腹犹果然(29)；适百里者，宿舂粮(30)；适千里者，三月聚粮。之二虫又何知(31)？小知不及大知(32)，小年不及大年。奚以知其然也？朝菌不知晦朔(33)，蟪蛄不知春秋(34)，此小年也。楚之南有冥灵者(35)，以五百岁为春，五百岁为秋；上古有大椿者(36)，以八千岁为春，八千岁为秋(37)。而彭祖乃今以久特闻(38)，众人匹之(39)，不亦悲乎？
汤之问棘也是已(40)：“穷发之北有冥海者(41)，天池也。有鱼焉，其广数千里，未有知其修者(42)，其名曰鲲。有鸟焉，其名为鹏，背若太山(43)，翼若垂天之云；抟扶摇、羊角而上者九万里(44)，绝云气(45)，负青天，然后图南，且适南冥也。斥鴳笑之曰(46)：‘彼且奚适也？我腾跃而上，不过数仞而下(47)，翱翔蓬蒿之间，此亦飞之至也(48)。而彼且奚适也？’”此小大之辩也(49)。
故夫知效一官(50)、行比一乡(51)、德合一君、而徵一国者(52)，其自视也亦若此矣。而宋荣子犹然笑之(53)。且举世而誉之而不加劝(54)，举世而非之而不加沮(55)，定乎内外之分(56)，辩乎荣辱之境(57)，斯已矣。彼其于世，未数数然也(58)。虽然，犹有未树也。夫列子御风而行(59)，泠然善也(60)，旬有五日而后反(61)。彼于致福者(62)，未数数然也。此虽免乎行，犹有所待者也(63)。若夫乘天地之正(64)，而御六气之辩(65)，以游无穷者，彼且恶乎待哉(66)？故曰：至人无己(67)，神人无功(68)，圣人无名(69)。

The table topic I made for the first time several weeks ago was DO NOT FEAR. But the turtle I bought for the prop and award as well was sent back to the seller, just because I do fear I can’t raise it well.

There are a lot of other things I did fear or do fear.

I was scared of big dogs, because I had been chased by a ferocious dog.

I was afraid of feeling sorry for myself, because I am a completist.

I fear of aging, because I am not such young any more.

I am worried about my parents, they are getting old, but I do not satisfy them. I regret having not planed my life according to the ordinary people’s timetable.

……

One day I started to think why I have so many fears.

Then I found with my growing, the big dogs are not as big as when I was 12 years old, and one of the most ferocious dogs named Husky becomes my favorite one.

I am a person who chases for flawlessness. But now I find out that things are not going worse if I lower my standard.

Age is not only a number. When I count it, the feeling of getting older and the pressure from the people around me affects me truly. But we are lucky that birthday is counted every single year and to each one of us is equal, no one could skip or prolong seconds for minutes, minutes for hours or hours for a day.

My parents are at their sixties; to me they are the most tolerant parents to their children in the world. The more they understand me, the more I feel guilty about what they do for me. Loving them is to put saying into practice.

……

The conclusion I made from the above presumption is my ability to continue with an unpleasant or difficult situation, experience, or activity over a long period of time has been improved. This ability is called endurance.

To endure the scare of ferocious animal, to endure the feeling of sorry for myself, to endure the fear of aging, to endure the worry of regret …

To endure is to experience it and do not avoid it or give up.

I feel ease and peaceful when I suddenly realized it.

I do fear, at the same period, I become mature. It’s growth. As we grow, we learn more. If I stayed at twenty-four, I would always be as ignorant as I was at twenty-four. I turned to my thirties this July, the last few days before my 30’s birthday and the first few days after that time has been one of the most painful time up till now. We hear people always say, “Oh, if I were young again.” We never hear people say, “I wish I were sixty.”

All these fears will happen anyhow, no matter whether we are always going to be unhappy or not. Fears reflect unsatisfied lives, unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven’t found meaning. Because if we’ve found meaning in our life, we don’t want to go back. We want to go forward. We want to see more, do more. And we can’t wait until sixty or even much older.          

The culture we have doesn’t encourage us to think about the question like what if today were the last day you had on earth. We are wrapped up with our career, family, having enough money, meeting the balance, buying a new car, so we don’t get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, is this all I want? Is something missing?

Having a fear is not such a terrible thing, but lost ourselves is.

is Thriving and Prosperous!

Founding Ceremony of People’s Republic of China

 大江东去，浪淘尽。

 千古风流人物。

故垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。

乱石穿空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪。

江山如画，一时多少豪杰！

     遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，

雄姿英发，羽扇纶（guān）巾，

谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。

故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。

人生如梦，一尊还酹（lèi)江月。