feelings of china
i am a chinese scholar. and now, i am in singapore.
although most people speak chinese.
i still miss my hometown and the traditional chinese festival.
maybe i can't express my feelings well because i am not using my mother tongue.
actually, when i came here, i felt everything was new and waited for me to explore. i thought singapore was a very exciting island.
and it is.
i didn't miss my home until the spring festival now.
i went to the chinatown last sunday, and i missed china even more.
i know that, at this time, my family will do the house cleaning. the curtains will be cleaned once a year at this time(my parents are lazy sometimes). and the whole room will be brighter because the dust is cleaned out. and at this time, i can feel the light and the air warmer.
at this time, i know decorations are placed everywhere in the room. sweets and many kinds of festival stuff will fill in our fridge, store, everywhere. i always like the chocolates because my mom will buy the best choclates at this time, no matter how expensive they are.
at this time, i am sure to be given a lot of things i like, such as food, clothes, ect. before the spring festival, my parents will take me out to buy clothes for the new year.and the colour can't be unlucky colours.
at this time, the school is on holiday!!!
i really love the spring festival.
during the spring festival, because my hometown is not so developed, i can play fireworks and firecrackers with my brother. i think it's dangerous, but i still spend a large sum of money on them.
it's a custom to visit relatives and friends during the festival. i don't really like this, but it's neccessary for the chinese and the most important thing is i can get the red packets from them.
my parents allow me to play whatever i want to in the new year's eve and the first three days of the spring festival. that's fantastic! i never have such a good privilege during other holidays.
there are still other events at this period, maybe i will talk about them later.
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
Monday, 12 February 2007
Sunday, 11 February 2007
i am in the military band and i play the flute. there are five people in the flute section, and i am one of them.
recently, we got a very hard piece to play. and i was very happy to be the 1st flute with the captain. because i am a scholar, it's really uneasy to get the 1st place.(i don't mean i play well, actually, not well enough)
i was very excited and i spent a lot of time and affort on that piece. i must admit that that piece is the hardest that i have ever touched before: the notes are very quick and the tune is difficult to catch. and the most importantly, my fingers can't react sometimes when the notes are too fast. and these are the things i have never faced before.
so, i was appreciate that the captain trust me so much that as soon as i come, he gave me the challenge.
this thursday, when we had the training, the captain suddenly said that he wanted me to try the 2nd flute. i think you can imagine what i felt. suddenly, i felt that my skill was poor because i couldn't play the 1st flute. i felt very sad but i accepted the reality. the boy changed with me was quite happy, because he was promoted. and i was disappointed.
at that time, my mind started to struggle: first , the demon told me that the captain cheated me. he just wanted to let me know that i couldn't play this piece or say he was disapointed and so, he put me down to the 2nd flute. at this point, my self-respect was hurt.
but at this time, another mind came into my mind. after a few days' training, he found me OK, so he sent me down to help the 2nd flute. because i have read a lot of book about psychology and different method to manage myself, i quickly changed. OK, i said to myself, this is the way to improve myself. in this case, i became the VIP in 2nd flute, so i should be proud of it! suddenly, i felt everything was bright. it's true, i felt i respect the captain more than ever, he was really thoughtful.
now, i play the 2nd one as hard as ever, because the load is heavier than the 1st flute: i can either play or not because the captain play whatever. but now, i have to practice hard because if i don't play, the 2nd flute will be actually slience. so now, i think the captain trust me so much and i feel much better.
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recently, we got a very hard piece to play. and i was very happy to be the 1st flute with the captain. because i am a scholar, it's really uneasy to get the 1st place.(i don't mean i play well, actually, not well enough)
i was very excited and i spent a lot of time and affort on that piece. i must admit that that piece is the hardest that i have ever touched before: the notes are very quick and the tune is difficult to catch. and the most importantly, my fingers can't react sometimes when the notes are too fast. and these are the things i have never faced before.
so, i was appreciate that the captain trust me so much that as soon as i come, he gave me the challenge.
this thursday, when we had the training, the captain suddenly said that he wanted me to try the 2nd flute. i think you can imagine what i felt. suddenly, i felt that my skill was poor because i couldn't play the 1st flute. i felt very sad but i accepted the reality. the boy changed with me was quite happy, because he was promoted. and i was disappointed.
at that time, my mind started to struggle: first , the demon told me that the captain cheated me. he just wanted to let me know that i couldn't play this piece or say he was disapointed and so, he put me down to the 2nd flute. at this point, my self-respect was hurt.
but at this time, another mind came into my mind. after a few days' training, he found me OK, so he sent me down to help the 2nd flute. because i have read a lot of book about psychology and different method to manage myself, i quickly changed. OK, i said to myself, this is the way to improve myself. in this case, i became the VIP in 2nd flute, so i should be proud of it! suddenly, i felt everything was bright. it's true, i felt i respect the captain more than ever, he was really thoughtful.
now, i play the 2nd one as hard as ever, because the load is heavier than the 1st flute: i can either play or not because the captain play whatever. but now, i have to practice hard because if i don't play, the 2nd flute will be actually slience. so now, i think the captain trust me so much and i feel much better.
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