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小时候上语文课要背许多古诗。大多数是唐诗。前几年回国我特地买了一本《唐诗三百首》以为会学一些新诗。其实脑子里有印象的诗还是小时候讨厌背的东西。记忆最深的是这首白居易的《花非花》。这首诗对我来说很特别。它不是语文老师而是音乐老师教的。教它的目的是为了让我们学为这首诗写的歌。教之前老师让我们闭上眼睛，在我们脑海里打造了这首诗的弥朦境界。那时的我可能只有小学三年级。但我被催幻了被打动了。我仿佛真的进入了诗人的世外桃源。我想那是我对诗词的情窦初开吧。

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For each plastic bag wasted, please pay two dollars.

Please ask for assistance.

To keep the restroom clean, please put trash in the trash can.

(This one is actually from Japan but it’s a classic.)

Temporary parking for unloading.

Handicapped.

Main entrance. (No sure how that came about.)

(No idea about this one.)

No cycling or skating. No soccer.

Eight Treasures.

(I guess at least it’s short and to the point.)

Self serving terminal.

(Really “Thunder” will be a good enough translation for this firework.)

Warm milk. (In Chinese the word for “Milk” and “Breast” is the same.)

Automatic flush.

Do not feed the fish with your own food.

Chinglish explained and more Chinglish.

Your stove is covered with aluminum foil. – actually just the bowls for the burner

You use the dishwasher as a dish rack. – i thought it was a great idea. don’t you?

You use grocery bags to hold garbage. – what’s wrong with that?

You always leave your shoes at the door.

You twirl your pen around your fingers.

Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself. – LOL but in my case, it’s true. my dad is a very good electrocian and handy man.

You beat eggs with chopsticks.

You’re a wok user.

You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions. – well OF COURSE! no language is more beautiful than chinese.

Your parents never go to the movies.

You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don’t eat the last piece of food on the table. – well the first part is true for me most of the time. coz we all taught how hard it was for the farmers to plant crops when we were small

Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.

You love Chinese Martial Arts films.

You hate to spend more than $5 for lunch.

You have more than five remotes in your house. – who doesn’t these days?

You’ve worn glasses at least since the fifth grade. – yea 5th grade i was still in china. and the intense studying for upcoming middle school exam pretty much destroyed my vision. we serious studied 10 hours a day in school plus 4 hours of homework. i can’t believe i survived it.

You drive around looking for the cheapest gas. – which reminds me this one time when we met a friend of andy’s at a cheaper gas station. we asked if he came to get cheap gas. he went oh is the gas here cheap? i just get gas.

You always have water when dining out. – most of the time. i hate how they over charge you so much on other drinks. wtf?

You hate eating cheese. – wow how do you know? esp. parmezang (or however you spell that)

You cut your own hair or had someone in your family do it. – i would if i could. most those who have the ability moved away from me WOAH ;_; but i cut my dad and andy’s hair

You only have to shave every other day – actually i don’t ever shave coz my hair is just too short and thin to be noticed. i pluck my armpits tho.

Your parents grow vegetables in a garden. – my dad’s new joy in life after they bought the house.

You are proud of being a Chinese.

我想人在成长中不可能不改变。想要活的快乐，就得想方设法地忘记过去的伤心事。一生中我们会遇见许多五花八门的人，有些萍水相逢，淡淡的不留太多记忆。有些曾深藏你的心可留给你只是今生不愈的伤痕。有些则让你永生难忘。也许他做的并不惊天动地，可对你的影响却很大。

最近许多人说我变了，更成熟了。我有时也觉好笑。不知是对是错。常常也有如墨水般渲开的忧郁。可在这样的忧郁里，我也快乐着，曾经那么生嫩却生气勃勃的活过。

不久的将来我会正式地给过去画上一个句号，重新开始一段属於自己的生命。也该和爱的梦想告别一下，去为自己的未来奋斗了。如果你是我的朋友就该明白，我已经做了决定，不再需要太多意见了。

如今的我似乎早已做到的我所说的了。荣荣最近来信说我不再在天上飞而是在地上走了。其实也只是一眨眼的功夫。我生活的重心改变了很多。我并不想说”没有你，我活不下去的真情”?已离我而去。但我确实知道了人的感情生活是很难十全十美的。由其像我这样想象过於充分，相信琼瑶那句”怎一个爱字了得”的人。我想爱情的惊险和感伤是紧紧相连的。出生的牛犊喜爱惊险，对爱也是一样。经历过的人有时会觉得日夜相守的爱过於平静，其实之中的真情不亚于前者。平淡而不厌烦，还常有幸福的感觉应该更是难能可贵的吧。而我也庆幸找到一个爱我比爱他自己更多的男人。天上飞的爱也许浩荡，地上走的爱因长久，不是吗？

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刚开学，说起来有很多事要做，但只要过得去把自己的事做好就可以了。在这里我已不可能是以前的“工作狂”了。 现在我一心想的就是尽早离开本校。在这里只要入党（会拍马屁）就有希望做官，做官就能发财，可发号施令做人上人，可随心所欲……校领导父亲病故，学校多次上门慰问，不知送上多少慰问金；我一个普通教师的父亲病故，没人上门慰问，没有一分钱慰问金，直到我上班工会主席才跟我握一下手，表示“慰问”……校领导的工会费扣得少了又少，我一个普通教师的工会费扣得比所有高收入的行政领导还要多。 行政领导受到这位人事干部的恩惠，“经讨论决定”给他百分之三加了工资……我一个普通教师受到不公正对待甚至压制，刁难后多次给市领导写信，给我的回信说是转到了区里，我多次给区领导写信，给我的回信说是转到了教育局，教育局后“督促”被我反映、告状的当事人领导来处理，解决……会有何结果？ 我本人去了市教育局接待处，叫我立刻去区政府接待处，我到了区政府接待处填写了表格，但接待人员坚决要我到区教育局，并无礼地当我面撕了表格……我单单从市教育局到区政府再到区教育局就花了我大半天的时间！真令人气上加气，恨上加恨！学校老师的福利领导可以克扣（我校劳动节、国庆节、元宵节、教师节、元旦、春节等等所有节日一分钱都不发）， 而校领导可以用公款游山玩水…… 要说的三天三夜也说不完！以后我有空尝试用英语多告诉你一些上海教育现况—-一代不如一代，越来越差是必然趋势！
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这种事情不得不让我庆幸我不需要在国内发展。因为我是不会拍马屁的人，也很看不起那种人。总以为不管人心怎么腐败，经济的发展总还是值得骄傲的。今天我爸给我寄来的文章说明中国的经济的发展还是比上不足。