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October 23
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is the most influential book in my life. It abounds with courage, struggle and faith throughout. Helen Keller was once in deep despair in her childhood, but finally she decided to overcome her physical defects and live happily. Furthermore, she showed great patience in her long and hard learning period.
I have learned, above all, three lessons from her story. First, she taught me that often the road to success is to face hardships bravely. Maybe you are born under an ill star yet you can stand a better chance than others. It is therefore important that you screw up your courage when courage is needed. Second, the impairment of part of her senses did not prevent her from learning: on the contrary, she had made continual efforts to go deeper into the realm of knowledge, and her perseverance had thus helped her overcome many handicaps. Third, she advised that we should make the most of our sense organs as if we would lose them soon because this way we would observe the world more carefully than ever before.
The book is inspiring in that it is one brimming over with the unbending will of a gallant woman beset with seemingly insurmountable difficulties. I hope I can be as courageous as she. September 05 三个月的假期结束了，我们又回到了美国
准备好了，迎接新的挑战！加油
希望我的家人，朋友们一切顺利，幸福平安  May 24 by E.E. Cummings
I carry your heart with me
I carry it in my heart
I am never without it
anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling
I fear no fate
for you are my fate, my sweet
I want no world
for beautiful you are my world, my true
here's the deepest secret no one knows
here's the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide
and here is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart
I carry it in my heartMarch 14
2009年的春假在美国佛罗里达州的奥兰多开心的度过了，无限快乐的回忆已经记在了镜头和脑海中！
此次出行在Nathan的精心策划下顺利进行：
3月7日一早从Nathan家开车出发，此行五人；Nathan，Olivia，Candi，Daniel，我。Nathan和Daniel交替开车，历时14小时，终于从弗吉尼亚州到达佛罗里达州，那时已经是深夜，我们住在Nathan的好朋友Cami家，其实大家已经很疲倦了，但得知第二天去沙滩大家都无法入睡，就这样伴着兴奋我们强忍着睡了过去。
3月8日 大概快中午的时候我们驾车一小时来到Daytona Beach，天气格外暖和，路上骑摩托车的人很多，摩托车在路上的普遍感觉很像北京人骑自行车，悠闲自得。路两边高大的椰子树挺立，偶尔有海鸥飞过，柔和的风轻轻的吹拂着，还没有靠近海边已经嗅到了海水的气味，那景象就像是一幅美丽的风景画，要知道佛罗里达州是全美旅游业所贡献的收入占总经济体里最多的。温暖的天气和沙滩美景每年吸引将近6千万的游客，尤其是在奥兰多风景区所吸引的旅客最多。花园，海洋和其他几个度假村每年都吸引了大量的游客到佛罗里达来，这里真是名副其实的风景胜地，旅游胜地。
我们在海滩尽情享受阳光，在海中追逐嬉戏，只用了3个小时我的皮肤已经变成了小麦色~哈哈，很开心。
下午回到住处又在公寓旁的游泳池里尽情地畅游一番~我们比赛跳水，比赛速度直道疲倦。
晚上，我和姐姐还有Daniel下厨，共做了七个菜，设计成小型自助形式，不过还是一扫而光！
3月9日第三天我们是去距离住处不远的Wekiwa spring park，这里像个主题公园，野外风情，可以划船，游泳，晒太阳……首先是划船，由于我们是五个人，他们俩俩一船，我自己一条，单人船比双人的轻，像漂流船的船身，手划势船浆，很容易上手。在湖中边滑动船浆，边欣赏两岸的景色很是惬意，不过当得知水中有鳄鱼和蛇时很怕，但是工作人员说通常情况只要不去逗鳄鱼它们白天是不进食的，水中养的鳄鱼都是小鳄鱼，大型的鳄鱼有围墙在水里圈着，可以看得见，但它们过不来。总算松口气~我们也接着这样的机会和鳄鱼近距离的接触了一番，还留下了珍贵的照片！
下午我们在泉中游泳，那水很绿很静，水底有泉水不断涌出，无论怎么潜水都会被顶上来，很神奇。游累了我们就在热带雨林中漫步，这里的大芭蕉叶还是我小时候学画画时书上见过的那种，在高大的椰子树，茂密的绿树林中行走在搭建的小木桥上还能看见有小变色龙爬过，样子很可爱~晚上我们去美式自助餐厅饱餐了一顿！
3月10日这一天Candi和Daniel 去了迪斯尼乐园，我们另外三人则去鳄鱼园喂鳄鱼，这里的鳄鱼不是很大，它们进食的速度很快，看上去他们又大又笨，但是它们吃东西可不含糊，你根本看不清它们把脸侧过来张嘴咬走你竹竿上食物的速度，真恐怖~后来我们还参观了Nathan 曾经工作三年的地方。晚上，Candi和Daniel 从迪斯尼归来，欣赏了他们的照片，他们还给我们带了小礼物，哈哈。
3月11日上午11点我们来到Central Florida Zoo，这里树木茂盛，鸟语花香，大型动物不多，参观基本上以爬行动物为主，有蓝色剧毒的青蛙，掌心般大小的蜘蛛，还有各色毒蛇，变色龙~看得一身鸡皮疙瘩~
下午3点多我们去了Ruthy女士家，她是Nathan的干妈，性格开朗活泼，很显年轻，我们也特意为她和她的丈夫做了一桌菜，他们很喜欢我们中国菜！
3月12日原定7点起床，实际8点我们才起，收拾了半个小时我们就踏上了回来的路，直到夜里12点，终于安全的回来喽！
此次旅行虽短暂但丰富，特别感谢Nathan的计划和安排还有他与Daniel安全的驾驶，还感谢Cami和她男朋友的热情招待，谢谢谢谢，欢迎你们来北京--我的家做客！ March 03
In my life and study, I have met a lot of great teachers, who teaches me not only knowledge but also the way to be a good person, the philosophy of life and the attitude to life.
Here I want to tell you the great importance my five great teachers have brought to me.
1．Violin teacher—Liu rong. She is my first teacher when I first started to learn violin. She was gentle and soft in daily life. But when it came to teaching, she was really serious and stric. We were all afraid of her at that time. My mother took my sister and me to her to learn violin once a week. Then ,we would practice the piece of music which we had practice for the week. If we did a good job, we would win her praise. Otherwise, she would tell us seriously “ if you like playing violin, you should practice everyday sincerely. If not, just stop learning it and shif to other subjects. It is a performance every time you play in front of me, treat it seriously.” Her strict words accompanied us everyday, urging us to practice with great attention.
I myself fell in love with violin and music gradually, and later on, I learnt the news that my teacher educated her own son in the same way and now, he has become o famous violin performer in China.
2． My Chinese viola teacher—Wing.Ho As a professor of Central Conservatory of Music, he taught us viola for four years . At the same age of our parents, he loved and taught us like our parents. He had 30 students and he treated us like a father and he always gathered us in his house and cooked for us , giving us his hands when we were in difficulties. We all liked him very much because we can see optimism and kindness in him.
3． My viola teacher in the USA— Pro.f .Doris. We saw her in Beijing and she gave us great help that we could come to study in Shenandoah University. I just feel that she is the present God sends to me, guiding me to the way I should be. I like to be in her class although my English is not good. The feeling in her class is really great and I can understand her by her vivid gestures and metaphors. She has more than ten students in the school and she says “ I love every students because they are all different.” This reminds me all the time to learn from others.
4．My English teacher—Sara White. The only class besides viola practice in the USA is English. From last August to now, Pro.f. Sara has been helping us a lot. Her way of teaching makes me feel warm in heart and she keeps encouraging students. Some students call her “ mother” because she does take care of us like a mother. I like her very mush because I can find my own mother in her. I hope her happy everyday in the new year.
5．In the past 23 years of life and study, my parents have always been my teachers. They teach me how to be a good person and how to do contribution to the society and my country. They are really traditional and they teach me in a traditional way too. In order to cultivate us to be a respectable and well-behaved person, they are really strict on me. I am grateful for every thing they have done to me, and they make me who I am.
Thank you again, for all the great teachers appearing in my life. You are my guide lights in my sailing of life. Best wishes to all of you . February 28
象千千万万的留美学生一样，我于2008年12月14日接受耶稣是自己的救主，做了最初的决志祷告，并于2009年2月2日洗礼，成为神的孩子。值得庆幸的是，我信主的路不是那么漫长
2008年8月20号到美国，2008年8月底第一次在施密斯先生家的聚会上认识Tracy阿姨，因为她也是中国人所以我们很自然的开始聊天，阿姨的热心与善良，她两个孩子的可爱和聪明，让我们感觉到了家庭温暖，我们很喜欢她们一家，并开始多了接触，她在生活上经常帮助我们，有时周末请我们去她家吃饭，她用一言一行，一举一动在教育着我们，影响着我们，是她用自己的行动告诉我，作为基督教徒应该怎样的生活，每周日阿姨还会带我们去教堂听演讲，由于语言理解不了那么深，多少对圣经学习有点影响，不过我还是很喜欢上课前大家一起唱歌的部分，那音乐才真如天籁般美妙！现在想想，我们认识阿姨的时候其实也就开始了认识主的过程！
直到2008年10月在吴老师和几位老师们的组织下，我们终于有了自己的团契，就像有个大的家，不论什么职业，来自何方，这是个中国人的大家庭！每周和兄弟姐妹们见面，吃饭，唱歌，学习是很快乐的事情，且不说学习，光是阿姨们的厨艺就已经让我越来越喜欢这里！今天要说的是见证我信主的路，我觉得不如说见证我们大家庭成长的路，因为在这里有太多值得见证的故事，值得纪念的经历，我也同样被这些感动着，在这里的每一位都是我们的兄弟姐妹，每个人的事情，每家的事情也是大家的事情，一方有难八方支援的劲头试了就知道，那真是大事化小，小事化了。忘不了萧蕾姐姐买车，买电话是吴老师一家不断的帮助，把她的事当自己的事。忘不了我们寒假没地方住，Tracy阿姨就让我们搬到她那里，把我们当成孩子一样照顾。更忘不了学校新年晚会的筹备也是教会的兄弟姐妹大力支持与帮助下成功进行的。每周的团契聚会都要为每家的事情集体祷告，在我们感谢你们的时候你们说： “感谢主吧”。我们是感谢主，但更感谢的是主派你们在我们身边。通过学习圣经，我知道其实这些都是神的旨意，也许有的事情现在还在痛苦的挣扎中，但那些经历的，没经历的主早已为我们安排完，预备好。不需要为困难而烦恼，因为主他都知道。上天在给我们一份礼物前会先给一份痛苦，因为他知道只有你能承受得起。在我们人生的路上，不知道能发生什么，得到，失去会有多少，什么会突然改变了，所以我们因不如意而沮丧，痛苦，困惑，那么现在如果发现有的事情不能改变，就请接受，因为那是神的安排。
在洗礼时，当牧师问完问题，说出Yes,I do后觉得浑身都轻松了，从水里出来的确觉得自己是新生的，因为那一刻我与主同在！
感谢主给了我幸福的家庭，健康的身体，出国求学的机会，认识主的时间，感谢主让我的妈妈，姥姥，奶奶在听到福音后也来信靠您，最感谢的还是在主的大家庭里兄弟姐妹们的帮助。要感谢主还有许许多多的恩惠。“神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生。 ”（约翰福音3：16）。
信主前，我相信我的生命有出生作为起点，有死亡作为终点。
信主后，我相信我的生命有出生做为起点，死亡却不再是生命的终点。作为基督徒，我的生命已经没有终点。再次感谢主对我们这个家庭彰显的荣耀，也愿主看顾我的家人，朋友，希望他们幸福，健康，平安，直到永远。 February 08
Valentine's Day is coming . Do you know how this day come into being. There are many different origins of Valentine's day. I will talk about one origin.
In ancient Roman time, Feb 14th is the day for Yona. People respect her, she is the Queen of Roman Gods. People see her as the symbol of love and marriage.
Like in China, maybe like all places around the world, at that time, the life of boys and girls was strictly separated. They were not allowed to fall in love and date as freely as today.
But the boys could do something at that time, they could write the name of the girl they like on a bottle. On Feb 14th ,they could show the bottle to the girl, when the girl liked the boy too, she will say yes to his date, just with the bottle. Then they are blessed by the God of love and marriage, they will love each other and get married and have a happy life. So people name this day as the day to show our love.
Later on, a saint Valentine, he fight for the free love, because the King was cruel to lovers , he wanted men to be in the war . Valentine died because of this fighting. In order to remember him, we call Feb.14th Valentine's day.
In my eyes, the day comes into being because of people's love. It is not only the love between lovers, it is also a day for us to show our love to the one we love, like children, parents, teachers, and friends.
This day is also popular in China although it is from Rome. Young people give presents and say I love you to their lover. We Chinese people also have a day for love, that is July 7th. it comes from an old story of a common people and a god , they fall in love, but they are separated. They only can meet each other once a year on July 7th.
But the things people do in Valentine's Day are the same
That is the origin of Valentine's day , and remember it is for love, and don't forget to show your love on that day ,you can show your love to your boyfriend or girlfriend, or to your parents to you dear friends. I hope everyone can enjoy it. January 17
The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All aGREe, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a GREat many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, "I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.
After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.
From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration. December 01 这是我们在美国过的第一个感恩节，很值得纪念。
2008.11.25日晚何老师和三位同门兄弟姐妹驾车到达我们的城市Winchester VA，在我们宿舍简单的打地铺，他们竟然连被褥，锅碗瓢盆都带上了，相当专业。我们按照原计划于26日早晨出发一小时后到达Luray cave参观溶洞，同行的除了何老师带领的我们五个徒弟，还有另一辆车的何老师表姐一家（三口），中午吃过午餐我们终于踏上了开往亚特兰大的路，此次行程由中部移向南部，生动一点的比喻就是从北京到广州的意思，需要9小时的车程，而全程往返由何老师一人完成，因为我们都不会开车，帮不上忙太惭愧了~何老师告诉我们他的开车最高纪录是23小时，我的天哪！太伟大了，掌声鼓励！当日晚10点我们抵达何老师的老朋友李老师的家Atlanta-Georgia,李老师和他的夫人给我们准备了丰盛的夜宵，吃完还打台球，很棒！
27号我们本想上山打核桃，由于各种原因我们改成了踢足球，男女老少全上场，很热闹！下午，我还见到了六个月没见的Alex，他在Georgia，不过12月中他就回俄罗斯了，不是好消息！晚上他请我吃得烤肉，最关键的是他教我开车！自动档的车比手动档的要容易很多，我基本上可以倒车，走直线，左转，右转，但是还是有些手忙脚乱，毕竟生平第一次开动。很谢谢他，也不知道什么时候才能再见了，不过他说09年夏天会再去北京，希望到时候见得到吧。
28号中午我们离开李老师的家前往Great Smoky Mountains（烟山），山上气温很低，有积雪，小冰川，景色很不错，我们在小镇上一直逛到晚上，开始返程，当然我们也有没错过黑色星期五，何老师在路上挑了一个大的购物区给我们2小时去自由活动，每个人收获都不小，我俩也一样！晚上11点，正式踏上返回我们学校的路，如果顺利的话29号早晨5点可以到达。其实开车的朋友最怕开的就是夜路，无聊的景色，单调的马路容易使人犯困。几天下来大家都有些累，最累的是何老师，我们怕何老师困轮流跟他聊天，按摩，真是跋山涉水，翻山越岭，我们走走停停，歇歇睡睡，终于在早晨7点到达我们宿舍，大家一进屋倒头便睡，几秒钟的功夫就鼾声四起，有磨牙的，说梦话的，笑的~相当壮观！
29号11点我们在宿舍吃完中餐上路前往Washington, DC（首都），最先参观的是National Air and Space Museum（航天博物馆），这里的博物馆很多很多，仔细参观的话3天也看不完，所以我们就像走马观花一样看个大概，以后有机会再欣赏几次！然后我们在Parliament Building（国会大厦）前拍照，专业的相机加上专业的摄影-何老师，我们每一张照片都很漂亮！之后我们徒步走路半小时看方尖塔，The White House，二战纪念墙，Linkin's Memorial.....下午5点在中国城吃得晚餐-拉面！由于太次了就不做评价了，晚上何老师又给我们做了特棒的夜宵，汆丸子热汤面！简直比拉面好一千倍！
30号中午11点何老师他们离开，前往费城，然后他们下午会返回耶鲁。Thanks Givning Holiday至此也画上了圆满的句号。
非常感谢何老师的精心策划，也很感谢何老师朋友们的热情招待，更感谢这个节日带给我们的快乐。其实，感恩节的意思就是大家能团聚在一起，我们做到了！谢谢
November 10
这趟去纽约的目的是参加一个寒假室内乐活动的考试，我们按照原计划于周五晚10：30结束学校演出后出发，如果一切顺利的话我们将于周六凌晨3点到达纽约。
我们在出发两个小时之后（12：30左右）车子坏在了PA--前不着村后不着店儿的公路边上，所有显示都是正常，但就是无法前进。大家都是第一次碰上这种情况，对机诫常识也不了解，根本束手无策，于是纷纷开始打电话给国内的父母长辈请教，但是毕竟身处异乡，也没有什么帮助，过往的车辆很少，速度很快，我们也没办法求助于是我们只好等待支援。不过月黑风高的夜晚总是会发生一些意想不到的事情，一个好心的菲律宾人前来搭救我们，他的工作竟然还是汽车维修，他简单的看了车子也无法说出什么问题，不过他说愿意送我们去纽约……最终，我们等到救援车，他们把坏的车子拖回VA，原本想一起同行的Yue不得不和车子返回。
我们又踏上了去往纽约的路，这时候已经夜里2:30了，又经过3个小时后的车程天亮了，我们也进入了城区，在路过新泽西一个地段我们又遇到了鬼打墙~由于GPS定位无法纠正临时被封的路段，所以我们在那个地方来回转了不下10遍！最终我们付给了菲律宾这位好心人一些钱，选择了打车~历经磨难终于到达酒店！（早晨8：00）
当天下午3：30我们在曼哈顿附近的一个学校进行复试，考得还算满意，雨一直在下，我们三个拖着疲惫的身躯回到酒店，去对面的街转了转，吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐，之所以称之为丰盛，是因为到美国后就没正经吃到好吃的中国菜。
周日，中午Daniel的两个朋友请我们吃的广东早茶，很正宗，本来不知道猴年马月才能吃到的蒸凤爪也吃到了，高兴死了。之后我们坐小巴到达纽约唐人街，4：00在那里乘巴士回华盛顿，晚上8：45，我们回到了华盛顿，“飞碟”已经在那里等待我们的到来了，10：30我们终于回到了学校，纽约之行就此结束。
*虽然这次简短的行程有很多插曲，但是还是要特别，特别，特别感谢Daniel精心准备的行程安排，简直太棒了！他真是天才经济人！
还要感谢的就是Daniel几位朋友们的款待，韩国菜和广东早茶都是我们来美国后的意外收获！欢迎你们到北京，到时候我们招待你们！
还要感谢“飞碟”的迎接，非常感谢
当然，在我心里其实最应该感谢的是那个菲律宾的朋友，我不知道说什么好，但是你是在我们最需要帮助的时候给予帮助的人，真的非常感心你，希望你一切顺利，工作顺心，你会的！因为好人一生平安.
这趟纽约之行虽然没有时间逛街，但是我们也算看到了。我个人来讲不喜欢纽约，的确那里不同于我们这里，那里的城市气氛浓，人多，但是印象里的纽约和实际的差距太大了，人头攒动，人们素质低下，到处是汽车鸣笛，很乱很乱的景象让我无法想象在这里生活的乐趣何在。我无意间拍到了一张照片--蓝天，白云，摩天高楼一座挨一座，拥挤的城市前面是一片墓地，墓碑一个挨一个，同样的拥挤……
人类其实很简单，一生面对的就是生存和死亡,但是这张照片值得深思的是，人们活着为什么呢？快节奏的消耗着生命，永不停歇直到死亡，拥挤的没有呼吸的空间，岂不是和死亡是一个概念……
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