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12/22/2007 豪赌人生–续I still remember the blog titled “Gamble the Life like a Hero” which I wrote right before I left China for U.S. At that time, I considered the decision to go abroad as the biggest gamble in my life. As I wrote long time ago, besides monies, I also staked the trust from my parents, the love and friendships into the gamble. I ended the blog with “Now that I have so chosen, I shall play the game with a courageous and joyful spirit because the result has been predestined because of my identity.” One and half years have passed since the entry of that blog, but I am reluctant to give an opinion on the result of the Gamble at this point since the time of judgment has not come yet. However, I did experience a lot of things, which would have taken several years to occur in normal situation. My heart also thereby experienced a very complex and winding course, full of fluctuations. But I never regret for the decision to study here as my accomplishments won applaud from my parents and my sister CJ Chen, and I also thereby received additional blessings from you, my dear friends. For those reasons, I will continue to keep a good record of my life. Nearly all major steps in 2007 had been recorded in this space. One thing I want to add is I just attended the Orientation Class for Swear-in ceremony yesterday afternoon, which should be the last thing to do before the official ceremony. Now I am just waiting for taking the oath before the presiding Justice, then I will be entitled to use “Esquire” after my name. The mission in 2008 was determined nearly at the same time as “2007,DATE NY”, if you are interested, please pay attention to the update on January 1st, 2008。 Merry Christmas, Cheers! 12/15/2007 走在下雪天几天前一个早上去上班的时候,下雪的天空正好有很多鸽子在飞,让我突然想到了多年前流行的那首《白桦树》,“静静的村庄飘着白的雪,阴霾的天空下鸽子飞翔”,也很快也想到了后面特别悲伤的歌词“心上人战死在远方沙场, 她默默来到那片白桦林, 望眼欲穿地每天守在那里”,想想自己也许现在就是在远方沙场上,不知道会不会有个人也在一片白桦林望眼欲穿的守望。 后来又想到《Cold Mountain》那部电影,我很欣赏那部电影的男主角Inman,为了自己心中的Ada跨越千山万水,历经困苦与诱惑,最终回到自己心爱的Ada身边。其中的有几幕让我至今记忆尤新,一幕是他走到一个村庄时候已经晚上了而且下雨,想去一户人家借住,那个女主人(也只有女主人,男主人去当兵了),开始女主人不同意说家里没有男人,他就睡在了屋檐下。后来女主人让他进屋睡而且是跟女主人睡在同一个床上,再后来那个女主人想跟他发生性关系了,他大概回复了一句“I already have a women in my heart.”那个女主人只能伤心的在旁边哭。后来也是在一个下雪天Imman与Ada终于相见,可是他们刚刚有了肌肤之亲后,村庄里面那些征兵的“衙役”就出现了,Inman在枪战中死了,那些“衙役”们也一个没有活下来。画面很快就是多年以后一个复活节的时间的North Carolina了,从剧情知道Ada怀上了Inman的孩子,这时还在已经大概五六岁了。Ada好像说了一段:“it is a season full of lives, if you know our lives in North Carolina on this Easter Day, you would know every step of your journey was worthy!” 这部电影对我后来的影响很多,以至于在2005年的时候我做出了同样的事情,虽然原因不是“I already have a girl in my hear”, but I reserve my heart for a girl who will be the leading actress in my life。我至今不会对那些在别人看来是机会的事情感到遗憾,因为我知道every step of my journey is worthy. 12/10/2007 Don't Cry For Me Argentina -Tina Arena
It won't be easy, you'll think it strange You won't believe me I had to let it happen, I had to change So I chose freedom Don't cry for me Argentina And as for fortune, and as for fame They are illusions Don't cry for me Argentina Don't cry for me Argentina Have I said too much? 12/2/2007 异国他乡 华灯初上今天下午从BestBuy回来的时候,已经下午五点了,夜幕逐渐掩盖了初冬的纽约,望着Main Street上Season Greeting的灯光,突然想起了很多年前的事情。 大概是1998年底,那时我还在高三的第一学期。因为每天要写很多的字,所以直接将墨水瓶放在桌子上,我莫名其妙的在墨水盒写了“异国他乡 华灯初上”八个字。有天坐我前排的女生看到后说:看这些我能想象到那种场景,也想象到你的未来。我大概笑了一下说:我还不知道呢,你就想到了。人生的变数太多,异国会是哪个异国,他乡又会是哪个他乡? 那时的我是决然不会想到8年之后的今天我会站在纽约的街头的,而且是站在街头回忆8年前一件琐事不经意间的几句对白。刹那间,我想起了很多华灯初上时候发生的事情。印象最深的是大概小学二年级的一件事情。有天下午没有课,我就出去跟同学玩自制小推车,因为有很多人参与而且那个小推车是我自己做的,所以我经常坐在车上被人推,我只是偶尔推一下别人。就这样整整潇洒了一下午,以至于傍晚回家的路上还在回味那坐在车上别人推着转得每个细节,暗自评选谁是最佳推车手。回到家之后的待遇却一下把那些回味冲击的无踪无迹了。家里人已经吃饭了,爸爸很严肃的说:你还回家干嘛,哪里能吃饭就去哪里吃吧。 后来还是妈妈比较心软,她把我叫到厨房给我盛了些饭让我吃了。此后我没有得到他们许可我是断然不会下午出去玩了;就算出去了,也肯定在晚饭之前回家。 当时可能还觉得有点委屈吧,现在每每回忆起小时候的点滴,我却是很感谢小时候爸爸妈妈很严格的家教,所以我在考过纽约州律师考试的那片日记里写,即使我用尽自己所有的努力,哪怕只是博他们一笑,我也会觉得被鼓舞。后来,在我的要求下他们也逐渐放松了对我的管理,然而我依然对自己的要求很严很高。我并非没有落魄失意的时候,然后因为我已经传承了他们对我的教育还有来自他们的基因,我是从不会轻易放弃的。也是凭着这些,我一直认真的走我24岁大梦初醒后的每一步,不论是临波微步,不论是举步维艰。 转眼间,很多年已经过去了,很多事情也发生了。然后这些不过是个开始,凭着因爱而生的决心,我还要做很多我必须要做的事情,哪怕是我力所不能及的。 |
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