Ecosalon: The Green Gathering

another trip , no luck at all. up to neck again. the bills… this is not fun at all. it was flurries both to and from. when the old man is going to let up? it is April now. time to change the snow tires, but where to get four all season.

a couple of phone calls were made: some of the best friends in China are having no easier lives. it seems the new symbol of wealth , cars, can deceive. I can visualize the prosperity , for real or for false; I can also visualize the fast pace , some friends ‘ lives are too busy to have kids. but hopefully, ” the overall economy is healthy .” as one of my friends who are in a stock trading firm puts it.

I wish I were witnessing the unprecedented economic transformation in China.

The memories of celebrating the New Years in my childhood have over the years been fuzzy, but for the events leading to taking a photo before that particular New Year.Even now , when I look back on the day it is as if it were yesterday , all the details vivid.
Back then, the life in the countryside was rough, to have a hungry stomach was a norm and the meat was rarely seen on the dinner table. Only in celebrating the New Year or some other holidays would a household buy a few Jins of pork belly to indulge their taste-buds. And as kids, we knew the days in which we could eat meat were few, so that we wished to celebrate the New Year everyday.That was the most beautiful dream we dreamed. And another reason for us to go after the dream wildly was we could have a chance to take a New Year photo.

In those days, photo-taking was quite an event , the most rural people had never taken a picture in their lives. In the days before the New Year, a photographer could happen to come to the countryside. in every village, the photographer would be surrounded and followed by people of all ages wherever he went. especially us the kids,running around but making sure the photographer never slipped our sight with a great sense of pride on our faces.Still, for the most of us ,our families were poverty-stricken so that we merely liked the hustle, only the very few could afford to take a photo with a little disposable money. He Er next door was one of the few . He Er and I were the same age, and we often played togther. He Er’s dad was a butcher , although a butcher was never rich , in our eyes, He Er’s dad was like a big shot.in the sense of money.
on that day, He Er became the first and the only kid who had taken a photo in our village. a few days later, the photos were brought to the village and being passed around . In the photo , He Er ’s smile told he was the happiest kid in the world, and conspicuously revealed his two missing upper front teeth. Over night, He Er had become our idol, and his pride was more evident now. As kids, we all had a certain vanity, having witnessed the kid next door try the “foreign invention” I could not help asking my parents: ” dad, the New Year is almost here, He Er has taken a photo, I want one too.” father gave me a quick look and then his forehead furrowed sighing: ” He Er’s dad chopps off pigs, it is money; we are barely able to fill our stomachs , where to get the money for this kind of strange thing?” I knew what kind of situation our family was in. Mother was in a poor health, father shouldered the whole household including my schooling and my sister’s . I knew how hard it was for my father. I knew I should have not asked this, this was too much for the family. Suddenly, I started sobbing for I was so upset. why we are so poor, why I do better at school than He Er but he could take a photo while I can not.
I did not expect my crying would disolve our family into tears. My sister began to break down. she went to junior high school and did well as well, and she was a very pretty girl. She had a dream: to have a new plaided jacket, which never came true . The blue jacket that she had been wearing for years was given by the cousin who lived in the city. Perhaps, at seeing all this , the tender spot in her heart was touched again, my sister finally just let go of everything that she had kept in check all the years; she cried uncontrollably.At that point, our mother who was always a hardworking person despite her poor health joined me and my sister , tears streaming down her cheeks. We three put our arms around each other and we let the hell break loose. As if the house were to be washed away by our tears. Seeing all this, father, a tough man normally, could not help wiping away tears from his face , in a secret way .
On and off, this family show lasted for two hours or so. Later, at hearing the cries , the neighbours filed coming to our house trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Father, very embarrassed, explained to the good-hearted neighbours what happened, and they all laughed and said: ” we thought it was something serious, it’s ok, the kids just want a new dress and a New Year photo, we can lend you the money if you can not come up with.” Before long, father’s hands were full of money , which was saved penny by penny by the neighbours who were all having a frugal life. I remember well that was February the 8th, the New Year’s eve, a day we spent in tears. And in the very same day, I took a photo the first time in my life, a two-inch black-and-white. the boy in a brush cut with a tear-stained and silly face in the photo had been a fixture in my mind ever after.

I was 8 years old, and my sister was 11 that year. Time flew by, more than ten years have elasped. I am not the boy in the photo with tears and a silly smile anymore. Both my sister and I have graduated from univeristy. I don’t remember how many photos of different settings,different forms or different sizes I have taken over the years, and I don’t know how many new and fashionable dresses my sister has had since that year’s New Year’s eve, but I will never forget the day our family held each other in tears, and the two-inch black-and-white that had been etched deep in my memory, which will never fade away as long as I live. Today, my sister and I always remember to take a camera with us if we are to spend the New Year with our parents. We want to retain the beautiful and the warn moments of our family, with the film and with our memories.
I know no happiness comes easy.

One day, a mom asks her son, ” son, do you know what part of your body is the most important?” , the son does not give it a second thought saying, ” eyes.” ” yes, son, eyes are important to us , if we didn’t have eyes, we could not see the beautiful world, but they are not the most important.” ” then it must be ears” says the son after a moment. ” yes, son, ears are important to us, if we did not have ears , we could not hear the wonderful sounds in the world , but they are not the most important.”
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Finally, the mom says ” shoulders” . ” why ?’ asks the son who is quite puzzled.
” Because you can lend a shoulder to your loved ones and friends for them to lean on when they are in need.” the mom explains.

I heard this story on the radio a few years ago and I learned the importance of one’s shoulders, especially for a man, who is expected to carry the load on his shoulder when the time comes.

The load can be taking care of our aging parents. Their thin and grey hair used to be thick and black; their frail and stooped bodies used to be strong and straight; their fragile emotions used to be steely–they toiled , they endured, they sacrificed and they loved so that we today can stand on our own.

The load can be lending a hand to a friend who is in need. A friend who always stayed with you when you were in trouble , a friend who always encouraged you when you failed, a friend who always saw your friendship the purest, a friend who you always could count on.

Shoulders are supposed to carry a load ,it does not matter that most of us want to live a load-free life .

How do you think about this picture ?I like it very much ,especially the words in the picture .The words is very brief and very meaningful .Do you agree with me? In our life ,we may miss lots of things ,such as time ,the relationship between you and your freinds,health,many chances and so on.We can’t realize how important they are until we lose it . However ,when we knew it , it must be very late . Therefore, we have to cherish all the things we have now .

We are young and health ,and we have lots of friends .We have the chances to study in this famous university _Sun Yat Sen university as well .Although there are much pressure in this competitive world, it maybe very smaller compare with our superiority . We should make full use of our advantage to overcome the difficulties whatever we met .I am sure that we can succeed in the end . Self -confidence is extremely essential. So we have to establish the self -confidence through practicing again and again .Besides ,we have to grasp all the chances which can improve yourself .For example ,we can join in the election and give an excellent speech.

Thanks the God for giving me colourful life .And I will cherish it from now on . I hope all of you will do as well.

We all know that every year we will give prize to ten people who moved all the chinese. In 2006,the ten people are Doctor Hua ,Mrs Lin ,Mr Ji and so on . I t is Doctor Hua who touched me most deeply . He is a surgeon of military hospital in Beijing. In his eyes, he is a common doctor ,and he done what he should done .

Compared with other doctors, the most different thing is that he dedicated his love to patients. Therefore ,he treated every patient as his family members,even if they are very poor.One of his words is unforgettable “we should cure the patients by heart .we can’t make any mistake.” I t’s reported that one day before he was operated because of late cancer,he made operation for his patients. Although he had saved many lives,he couldn’t save himself. We are very sorrowful .

Most of us will be doctors and I hope we can also do everything like Doctor Hua.”one good doctor died,there will be more excellent ones”. And if we dedicate our love to the patients ,there will be no medical dispute .

It’s well known that doctor is not only a good job ,but also a profession which needs high qualities. There is a famous saying that ”no pains ,no gains”. They have to pay a lot before become an excellent doctor. In my opinion,they should have the qualities as follows at least.
First, you should grasp all the basic clinic skills, such as inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation and so on. You have to pratice again and again until you are proficient.

Second, you should treat the patients as your family members, then you will be very kind to them and they will cooperate harmoniously with you. If we can do it seriously, there will be no medical treatment dispute.

Third, you must be very careful and cautious. You can’t make any mistake because life is extremely precious to all of us .

Last but not least ,we have to continue learning the advanced technology and knowledge, because methods of treatment have developed quickly nowadays.

In a word, if you want to be a prominent doctor, you have to make great efforts to improve yourself.

Last night, i heard a lecture delivered by Yu Minong, the head of New oriental english-training school. His speech greatly instructed me and made me full of confidence towards my life and future, In his lecture, there are three points that deeply impress me , They are ; IF you want to be a successful man, no doubt including a good english learner, you must especially pay attention to the details, in other words ,we should start from scratch and must be patient, Then, you should not care too much about your face,briefly your honor, you should dare to try until you succeed. From his lecture, i find that if we want to succeed in our career, we must

hi, everyone, i’m so glad to have an enblog here.

having looked for you for such a long time, i find you at last. you may be not the best, but i think you are much better than me, and you can teach me how to organize a well-organized essay and how to express myself as easy as possible. that is my greatest hope. thank you for your help, everyone!

and i like reading various books, listening to soft music, sharing my blog with others in my spare time. if time permits, i will cook for you, my dear freinds. sometimes i will practise handwriting with chinese brush. i am not an outgoing girl but warmhearted.

I think you have heard the saying ” single is simple, double is trouble.”

If you are single now, you just need to do all the things by yourself, despite other’s feeling and thought. You can go anywhere you want, caring nothing. A single’s life is so simple, just do what you want to do. But sometimes, you may feel lonely, then you may expect to find a companion to share your happiness and sorrow, then you want him or her to be your husband or wife. Yes, that’s right. And then you did so, finally you find so much trouble lies between you two. That is my paraphrase ” single is simple, double is trouble.”

I really do not know why people have so much trouble in leading a life. Neither single nor double, you may meet the same trouble. When you are single, you can turn to your friends for help, when you are not single, you can also turn to your friends. The most important thing is your atttitude towards life. Be nature, be yourself. Be more patient, be more harmonious.

A long time passed since I came to my blog last time. I did not know what I was busy with and I became puzzled to know what I should do next. Then came the weekend, I got a day off work, it’s lucky, and it was so surprising that the day is Children’s Day. If I like, I can enjoy the day with some children. Yeh, it is quite interesting— being a child again.

I did enjoy the special day, and on that day I bought a new laptop for me, which is meaningful for me. Because I am no longer a child , most of girls in my age have their children, and I should say “Happy Children’s Day” to them. And I still spend the day happily just because I am working in a school. Maybe I refuse to get old, just like buying a new laptop as my present on Children’s Day.
Of course, I have to admit I am not a child any longer, and the new laptop can help me so much in my office work, I can enjoy a better version on the new machine, that is the most important.
So a harder work you should pay.