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2023-05-29
2023-03-10
2021-12-09
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10 December 2021
They seem to be exempt from attendance, Being absent from posts at main entrance. As a partner, I have ensured my presence. Or else, I might feel a ...
2021-12-06
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7 December 2021
He should come to bid farewell. If he can't, anyhow I won't tell. On his doings I'd hate to dwell. Any bad mood I want to dispel.
2021-12-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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4 December 2021
He will dip scallions in thick sauce When dining taken as side course. So if I deliver him such a present, He'll accept and may be pleasant.
2021-11-28
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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29 November 2021
The sun beams penetrated the window. Our room got warm and bright in glow. This agreeable time flied like an arrow. Therefore I wou ...
2021-11-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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16 November 2021
The seasons tend to get out of order. Early spring intrudes into chill winter. The earth seems to have had a fever. I doubt whether man could treat ...
2021-11-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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15 November 2021
Snow on the road has melted away. I'm able to cycle freely again today. Dome looks azure rather than gray. What a magnificent natural display！
2021-10-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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19 October 2021
Yesterday came down this year's first snow. Last night temperature dropped to 5 below. At dawn both ice and frost started to show. To human beings i ...
2021-09-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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23 September 2021
For rainy weather we saw no moon. I wish sky could clear up very soon. The garden is saturated with water. If only onions had been got in ever.
2021-09-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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15 September 2021
These are final good days of the year. Autumnal sky looks so high and clear. Leaves start changing color with fear. Very soon cold winter will set i ...
2021-09-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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10 September 2021
Happy to receive gifts on Teachers' Day. I've been satisfied with my present pay. It's wise for me to have chosen the bay. Late father had ushered m ...
2021-08-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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26 August 2021
The library is quite serene and clean. Noise is absent and smokers unseen. How fortunate I think to serve there！ I long to hold the place until I r ...
2021-08-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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16 August 2021
Weather of early autumn is temperate. The phase to the scholars is of benefit. In high spirits they can write and read. As late spring,this is refre ...
2021-08-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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14 August 2021
Every night I watch a serial play, Which may often carry me away. I like very much its ending song. Darkness of fall is no more long.
2021-08-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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12 August 2021
Autumn has been gloomy since ancient times. That may be shown by many famous rhymes. Prolonged showers deprive us of the sunlight. Bedrooms could tu ...
2021-08-11
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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11 August 2021
On various cooked vegetables we're fed, So we reduce the consumption of bread. We'd like to have thick porridge instead. This can decrease heat of t ...
2021-08-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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10 August 2021
More and more bungalows are deserted. The houses have for quite long emptied. Close to locked front doors grows grass. And just a few pedestrians te ...
2021-08-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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9 August 2021
I hope there's a slight wind every day. It puts my cooking stove into full play. I can light a clean fire without dismay. No smoke smears my kitchen ...
2021-08-07
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7 August 2021
Every morning shortly after I awaken, I have a good look at the tiny garden. The dewy flourishing young cabbages Greet me and present so nice images ...
2021-07-31
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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31 July 2021
We are obliged to last night's soaking rain. Vegetables and crops are refreshing again. And we should transplant young cabbages. This is one of im ...
2021-04-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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8 April 2021
While viewing pictures in candlelight, I got sleepy and retired for the night. And I dreamed of a south rainy sight. Piping from a boat was just a d ...
2021-03-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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12 March 2021
The fog was extremely heavy around. Things paces away couldn't be found. I pedalled on the very muddy ground. Cars moved over with warning sound.
2021-03-11
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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11 March 2021
The misrule has come to an end. Soon a new principal will ascend. I think this an unavoidable trend, Which people might comprehend.
2021-02-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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19 February 2021
We should accept present fate Without envying the fortunate. Keep aloof from evil and strife, And try to lead a continent ...
2021-02-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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18 February 2021
By friendly aid of scriptures, Anxiety might quickly cease. Copying the Buddhist sutras, I always a ...
2021-02-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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17 February 2021
His work is imbued with noble spirit, From which I acquired great benefit. I oft copy his pieces time after time; They all ...
2021-02-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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16 February 2021
Some are less faithful than cranes, Whose love to mates never wanes. These birds deserve world respect. For people ...
2021-02-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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15 February 2021
It gets warmer day by day. Our vacation is to go away. Bike has taken a good rest Since standing a cr ...
2021-02-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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14 February 2021
What a holy land under clean sky! Before long it may vanish and die. A lot of outsiders come to occupy And destroy which ...
2021-02-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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13 February 2021
I’ve been used to a solitary life Since death of my beloved wife. She has left us for eleven years. In my mind she ...
2021-02-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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12 February 2021
I would rather eat meals as usual Than make dumplings for festival. I really dislike to take the trouble Preparing ...
2021-02-11
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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11 February 2021
The gala has no attraction for me Like delicacies from land and sea. After supper I can read and write Near the window by ...
2021-02-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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10 February 2021
I pasted the New Year couplets, A custom passed on in hamlets. They were given by elder sister. Such printed on ...
2020-12-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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3 December 2020
Moon and I look at each other. In one respect, we are similar, Travelling without any partner. We’re getting clos ...
2020-11-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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19 November 2020
The rain turned to snow at night. All t he world changed into white. I found eaves wore an icy beard, Also transparent comb appeared. ...
2020-11-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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15 November 2020
Great change took place on the plot Close to garden beyond my thought. Corn stems had been removed aside. There unknown tr ...
2020-11-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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14 November 2020
I feel agitated on duty at night When aged mother out of sight. Trading shifts with one upright May be best way giving del ...
2020-09-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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15 September 2020
Comedies are offered to entertain. Tragedies display all sorts of pain. The former give us great pleasure; The latter teach pe ...
2020-07-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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7 July 2020
It’s a summer morning after rain; Under the line drops still remain. The air is moist, cool and refreshing. The sky is light b ...
2020-06-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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20 June 2020
I failed to make the steamed bread rise. Cooking couldn't change the dough size. I deserted the old way trying otherwise. Use of yeast gave me ａ ha ...
2020-06-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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12 June 2020
Climbs down the amorous soft breeze Flirting with roadside flowers and trees. Like a blanket extend the green fields; Such past ...
2020-06-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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2 June 2020
To Childhood On the canal bank we made a slide, Smoothing it with mud and water inside. We slipped joyfully from top to bottom ...
2020-05-31
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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31 May 2020
I'm ashamed of my bad performance In English speaking despite my diligence. It's due to lack of practice，I know. I must fill the gap for ａ better ...
2020-05-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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8 May 2020
I owe you a great deal, Mr Wine, As the most devoted friend of mine. For my works you provide inspiration divine And make all o ...
2020-05-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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6 May 2020
How can you bear his violence As wife with such great patience? Leave the villain devoid of conscience And try to seek a bette ...
2020-05-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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3 May 2020
We ' re taught to be true. Mostly it would never do. We just in word hate falsity, Which benefits us in reality. ********* ...
2020-05-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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2 May 2020
She looks younger than her years. The daughter of her husband it appears. The picture with her son causes fears Of his girl fri ...
2020-05-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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1 May 2020
I wish to see the woods stand By the rivulet in my native land As when I left waving my hand. What tasty peaches grown in the ...
2020-04-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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30 April 2020
When May Day holiday comes here, The pandemic still rages far and near, Which produces a tense atmosphere And sees no face ...
2020-04-29
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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29 April 2020
Among the poets I know, The most attractive is Longfellow. Of his poems I only read a few, Which are like drops of dew ...
2020-04-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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4 April 2020
Beneath the sky overcast The wind raised a mist of dust. It whistled round our bungalow, And suddenly came down flakes of snow. ...
2020-03-22
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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22 March 2020
Some citizens began to ignore the danger That still lurks in the secret corner. They seemed to be a little bolder And thought ...
2020-03-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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10 March 2020
Don’t stay up at night, Though it gives you much delight. Before your health falls from its height, You ' d better retire e ...
2019-12-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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30 December 2019
In spite of lack of book learning, some people reach considerable success owing to their practical ability. Many scholars of brilliant intellectua ...
2019-11-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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23 November 2019
By the end of yesterday the snow had almost melted away. And before dawn it began drizzling, I had to cancel my heading for the street going shopp ...
2019-11-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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20 November 2019
I still remember in my early teens going to a neighboring village for school before dawn in winter and reading and writing there in the poor light ...
2019-11-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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17 November 2019
The DioEnglish Home has been desolate for so long. The return of Mr Sed, a foreign member, after a protracted absence, gives me a pleasant surpris ...
2019-07-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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26 June 2019
Parting after wedding 新婚别 The dodders twining round the fleabanes and the hemp could n o t have hoped their vines to gro ...
2019-06-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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21 June 2019
As soon as I step in the front gate, I hear wailing with grief because my youngest son has died of starvation. 入門聞號啕，幼子飢已卒。 ...
2019-04-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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16 April 2019
Not only I but also all my teaching counterparts are derelict in duty and run irrelevant business. 我是一个 ‘ 不务正业 ’ 的老师，不只我 ...
2019-04-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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15 April 2019
The wage level of Chinese teachers ranks third from bottom in the world. If the situation continued, Chinese basic education system would collaps ...
2019-04-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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29 March 2019
According to the latest news issued by the Departmentof Emergency Management, up to 18:30 today, the remains of all the 30 firemen outof contact with ...
2019-03-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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21 March 2019
In 2009, Huang Ling, an examinee from Mianyang, was specially admitted to Sichuan University because he wrote his Chinese composition with the sty ...
2019-03-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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14 March 2019
I favor the attitude to take it easy. I like the slow pace of life in the countryside. I hate to be urged to do something. I appreciate the saying ...
2019-03-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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12 March 2019
A true healthy person has a sound mind and body. Most people only pay attention to their physical health but overlook the mental health. They try ...
2019-03-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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4 March 2019
Recently according to some well ‐ informed netizen, Sister Straw Hat has been forced out by the authorities on the screen. 最近有网友曝 ...
2019-02-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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26 February 2019
The past ideals of fame and position have lost their attractions to me. I never envy other people ’ s possession of wealth, beauties and power ...
2019-02-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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25 February 2019
I ’ ve been absent here for a whole fortnight without writing diaries since mother came down with lumbago. She can’t take care of herself any mor ...
2019-02-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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6 February 2019
Words of the song: 歌词： Have you ever heard that a girl had been to the stream that you are crossing? 走过那条小河，你 ...
2019-01-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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14 January 2019
Abnormal winter weather, warm and snowless. Son will come back soon spending his vacation at home. Then I ' ll have less time to take care of ...
2019-01-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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13 January 2019
Miss Yue - Sai Kan's mother 's views on success Whether or not a man has achieved success can be judged from three aspects in his last twenty y ...
2019-01-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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8 January 2019
I ' ve been sleeping alone at the long nights seeing his features in dreams. 独宿累长夜，梦想见容辉。 He was still passionately in ...
2019-01-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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6 January 2019
Began the annual further education on the net for us teachers. Toothache has been gone and now constipation has taken its turn as a result of ... -
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5 January 2019
The arrival of Lesser Cold marks the beginning the coldest days of a year. Saw the famous Indian film A Tramp again on TV by accident. It ...
2019-01-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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4 January 2019
It would snow both on the morning and the evening in December in Qinling Mountains. The children started for school just before daybreak. The k ...
2018-12-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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30 December 2018
The second day of the four － day New Year ' s Day holiday The cold weather continues and the daily temperature was forecast to g ...
2018-12-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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26 December 2018
FAST is the abbreviation of the Five - hundred - meter Aperture Spherical Telescope. Located at a large karst pit in Guizhou Provinc ...
2018-12-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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23 December 2018
Today learnt another frame - up in the TV program called Observation of Morality. The rescuer of a collapsed driver should have been falsely ...
2018-12-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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9 December 2018
To keep warm is the most important matter in such ice - cold December weather. Mother’s hands have chapped with several cracks in ...
2018-11-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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24 November 2018
It was reported recently that some wild Asian elephants frequented the villages near the primeval forest in Yunnan. They came just for food. All ...
2018-11-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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23 November 2018
Nowadays some people raise money by degrading themselves. They seem to value cash above their dignity. It is unimpeachable to receive some gift ...
2018-11-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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19 November 2018
Soon after I left school for home when I heard my phone ringing. It was a call from son. He told me he had given me a call a short time before b ... -
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18 November 2018
It is usually thought the relationship between mother - in - law and daughter - in - law is just as incompatible as fire and wat ...
2018-11-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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13 November 2018
I ' ve known our school ' s night watchman, Mr. Liu, is a good cook. I wasn’t aware of his craftsmanship until yesterday when I saw him ...
2018-10-31
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31 October 2018
A good day. It was freezing cold early in the morning. I could see ice formed overnight outside and the muddy dirt path had hardened temporarily ...
2018-10-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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21 October 2018
A 50 - year old single mother killed her 17 - year old son. How could this tragic event have happened? The juvenile had ganged up w ...
2018-10-11
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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11 October 2018
In the surging waves of the sea a grain of sand is carried into a clam by accident. The sensitive clam feels the intrusion immediately and begins t ...
2018-10-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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9 October 2018
On my arrival at school Mr W assigned me to remove the heaps of weeds in front of the south house on behalf of our principal. He said I needn’t c ...
2018-10-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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8 October 2018
On my travel to school this morning I began wearing mygloves to resist the cold. I left the shaded chilly printing room where I usually stay alone a ...
2018-10-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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4 October 2018
Now that son has left, yesterday we began preparing for removing the ashes and soot out of the flues of the kang today. First I moved the quilts and ...
2018-10-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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1 October 2018
The first day of National Day holiday, good sunshine followed the heavy rain last night but a little cold in the early morning. It gradually got ...
2018-09-29
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29 September 2018
Asked permission for going to school late in order to draw some money from the bank. I don’t want to see him go empty - handed after spendi ... -
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28 September 2018
It cools down further when overcast or rainy. The sunshine becomes lovely and expected. The room I stay in alone at school gets a little cold fo ...
2018-09-23
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23 September 2018
Today is the 16th solar term, the Autumn Equinox. Just like the Spring Equinox, the daytime equals the nighttime in length on this occasion when ...
2018-09-20
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19 September 2018
My sanitation work came to an end abruptly. This morning on my arrival at school Mr W greeted me as if to assign some new task to me like cleani ...
2018-09-12
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12 September 2018
The forecast thunder showers came late in the morning. I had to suspend my transportation of the corn stalks today. There is still a trike load ...
2018-09-10
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10 September 2018
Teachers ' Day All teachers and students left school for home after lunch. Recently every lunch at school we have been offered cook ...
2018-09-08
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8 September 2018
Late wife ' s sister came over towards evening in spite of my stopping her in advance. She puts up at the bungalow with mother. I offered he ...
2018-09-07
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7 September 2018
Yesterday seeing the weather sunny and the workers gone after finishing the reconstruction of the enclosing wall next to which the heap of my co ...
2018-09-06
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6 September 2018
The second day I obey the call of duty as a sanitation worker. I daren’t neglect my duty. I did cleaning outdoors as long as possible. I worked ma ...
2018-09-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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5 September 2018
Mother strongly opposes me to lend the large sum asked by late wife ' s sister the other day. I agreed to her request on the phone without any hes ...
2018-09-04
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4 September 2018
A change of my job Just before the third period Mr W hinted to me he would have a word with me as soon as I was free. Somehow I had a pre ...
2018-09-01
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1 September 2018
Today is the twenty - second of the seventh month by the lunar calendar, the Birthday of the God of Wealth. Early in the morning, I first he ... -
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31 August 2018
My terribly aged mother went to the market alone in my absence for purchasing a reel of thread for sewing. When she told me that later, I could ...
2018-08-28
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28 August 2018
After I grew up, I worked hard for my ideal And gradually ignored parents and home. Now I ' m seemingly acting in a play, ...
2018-08-24
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23 August 2018
I postponed finishing my diary yesterday until now because it had been too late at night when I returned to the flat and moreover I felt a littl ...
2018-08-12
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12th August, 2018
Yesterday we were informed on the WeChat to start working tomorrow as expected. This morning Mr N, our vice - principal, phoned me for the s ...
2018-08-06
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6th August 2018
Tomorrow is the Beginning of Autumn. It marks the end of the heatwave and the start of the cool weather. It ' s time to put the fan away. ...
2018-08-02
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1st August, 2018
I have been stripped to the waist recently when I am at home. But today was different. I was greeted by the cooler wind coming through the opene ...
2018-07-13
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12th July, 2018
When I was young, I was ambitious. Now in my fifties, the ideals and hopes in the past seem to lose their temptation. I ' ve achieved nothin ...
2018-07-12
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11th July, 2018
Just before evening the No. Four Middle School began setting off firecrackers in celebration of its achievement in senior high school and colleg ...
2018-07-08
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A problem of the light
I found something has got wrong with the light outside the house door. I can ' t turn it off completely. After I switch it off, it still emi ...
2018-06-29
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Reading and Appreciation
Reading and Appreciation had been a good literary program on the China National Radio. It has been cancelled for many years. I first listened to ...
2018-06-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The kindness of the shopkeeper
Our monotonous diet has made a desirable change. For at least a week we ' ve been taking tofu as the only dish at meals. Yesterday bro ...
2018-05-04
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Scent of a woman
Yesterday as I approached the old elm in a high wind near my home, a few bundles of deserted clothes by the roadside attracted my attention. I got d ...
2016-05-27
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Fragments of flashing thoughts
Exhausted talent Zhu ’ s prose works are very common except a few pieces of selections familiar to us. His writings on travels i ...
2016-05-20
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Sketches of daily life
Sudden descent of summer The hot summer comes this week, earlier than usual, but with the similarity of coming all of a sudden as ...
2016-05-17
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Unspeakable suggestion to headmaster
The terrain of China is high in the west and low in the east. And our schoolyard ’ s is just the opposite. The three rows of houses faci ...
2016-05-16
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Can’t a west door be opened?
As I passed by the west enclosing wall of the central school, I was attracted by some of the unknown beautiful trees in full bloom inside. ...
2016-05-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Missing preferred to meeting
The other day I watched and listened to a song with this title. This opinion struck a responsive chord in my heart. I conclude it from my o ...
2016-05-10
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Keep the perpetual virginity of our souls
Mr. S, one of my colleagues, is a lay Buddhist. He likes reading as me. I find he ’ s the only booklover I know around me during my almost ...
2016-05-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A feeling of accomplishment
Yesterday I finished a job I’m proud of, which mother had thought impossible. With an iron sheet, I wrapped the sheltering slab of steel a ...
2016-05-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Writing pulses recorded
On the film Romeo and Juliet Yesterday afternoon I watched the American film Romeo and Juliet in Chinese version on TV. I feel guilty to be ...
2016-04-29
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On attending classes
As routine tasks, from time to time we were requested to attend classes in other schools, which were assumed to broaden our horizons. Both ...
2016-04-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On the volleyball match
Last night I watched on TV the live women volleyball match between the first – rate teams of China and Japanese. It aimed to strengthen ...
2016-04-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Restlessness and indignation
Mother wore herself out after carrying home large heaps of deserted corn stalks nearby within two successive days. I was very surprised to ...
2016-04-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Utility of English study
To the disappointment of parents and brother, I was assigned as a librarian instead of an English teacher when I was transferred to No 32 M ...
2016-04-22
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Disastrous rain in the south
Recently I learnt from TV many areas in the south have been suffering acutely from incessant rain. The land has been saturated by the rain. ...
2016-04-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The best way to happiness
Nowadays almost no one has no intention to lead a happy life. And what can be called a happy life ？ . Does it mean to own a spacious house ...
2016-04-20
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Spring in northland
The spring in northland comes late and soon is cut short by the longer hot summer. The first sign of it is the gradual rise of temperature. ...
2016-04-19
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The superiority of the heatable brick bed
The service of the central heating system to the local apartment blocks has ended for a period. It ’ s early spring, but I still wear th ...
2016-04-18
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Excuse for my long absence
Under the patronage of brother — in — law, who works at the local telecommunication service, our computer could have been linked to th ... -
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Vanity to degrade the dignity of a gentleman
I was stung by the insulting words to our revered commentator the other day when I was browsing through the blogs here. Obviously, the mali ...
2015-01-28
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Clear the snow from the shed roof
This morning as I had nearly removed all the snow heaps from the terrace in front of our house, the thick snow on the northern half of the she ...
2015-01-25
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Wormholes in the chopping board
The other day I found by accident our chopping board in our flat was dotted with some wormholes. It has been left unused for a long time. The r ...
2015-01-14
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Some unidentified animal in concealment
This morning as I entered our front porch, I found two nailed pranks had got loose and suspended from the ceiling. I wondered what had detached ...
2015-01-10
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A rubbish hole
A rubbish hole was dug recently at the dump in our neighborhood. In the past when winter came, a high mound of garbage could be seen there, surr ...
2015-01-07
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A slick taxi driver
Mr. Zhang, one of my former colleagues, works as a night watchman at the central school. He drives a taxi by day on the side. This morning I hired ...
2015-01-04
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Decline of water table
The other day mother told me that our pump failed to pump out enough water to fill the jar near the mouth of the well. Then I had a feeling of ... -
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Never forget switching off the cooker
Last night I forgot to switch off the electric cooker when I was heating a steamed bun with it. After I switched it on, I went to the computer ...
2015-01-01
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New Year’s Day
The best time of the day is around noon when we can enjoy warm and bright sunlight both in our flat and bungalow. After 9 am I went to second ...
2014-12-31
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Winter vacation
Winter vacation arrives at last. From today both my bike and I can take a good rest at home over a month. The hideous commuting and work has come t ...
2014-12-29
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Misjudgment
The coal given by brother has proved very good. At first both mother and I didn’t think it would burn better. Compared with the egg － si ...
2014-12-28
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Skeleton keys
We are getting more and more insecure in this world. There are almost no secrets that can be kept. The other day I learnt on TV that the commo ...
2014-12-27
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Impression of our headmaster
He was one of my schoolmates in the same grade in junior high school. Although he was not good at study, he runs the school well. The school a ...
2014-12-25
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Criteria of selecting a partner
Apartments, cars, income, looks, height, positions, occupations, abilities etc are taken as the necessities of an ideal bridegroom nowadays. Bu ...
2014-12-24
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Green in winter
Mother never idles away her time. She always occupies herself with something. One day she saw Ms Zhang planting some dry Chinese onions. She f ...
2014-12-23
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A secluded room
I hate to stay in our office because it is usually smoky and noisy. In warm and sunny days I would go outside if I had no classes. But as the ...
2014-12-22
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My subconscious
Now and then I dreamed of a steep slope looming on my way. It was nearly vertical and impossible for me to climb. But I saw others beside me go ...
2014-12-19
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Benefits of winter
Winter really does us good in many aspects provided we keep ourselves warm in the season. First, the days get shorter and so our working hours ...
2014-12-11
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A season for rest
From an agricultural point of view, spring is for germination, summer for growing, autumn for harvest and winter for storing. I think winter ...
2014-12-06
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Complaints on central heating
During the warm period of this winter, people all said that the weather was to the advantage of the heat company. With the temperature nearly drop ...
2014-12-05
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A tormenting night
Yesterday evening when I returned to my apartment from mother’s, I felt I was nearly on the verge of collapse. So I went to the bedroom and l ...
2014-12-03
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Difficulty in banning smoking
It has been propagandized time after time that there should be no smoking allowed in all indoor public places. For the statistics indicate tha ...
2014-12-01
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Effects of snow
The snow fallen yesterday produced both good and ill effects. First, let me list its beneficial effects. It helped the winter temperature return t ...
2014-11-27
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Why does time fly so quickly？
Although time always passes on at a fixed speed, we all feel that its speed has been gaining year by year. Why are we under such an illusion ...
2014-11-25
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Trust answered
The other day I happened to be attracted by an item of TV news. The people involved set a good example for the public. One night a jeweler fou ...
2014-11-22
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New conceptions on childbearing
Recently a survey indicated that only less than one tenth of the couples from one － child families applied to the local department concer ...
2014-11-21
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The rain in winter
Yesterday afternoon a shower came down as forecast just before school was over. The sky darkened as if evening had arrived in advance. The lig ...
2014-11-18
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The temptation of sex
The temptation of sex is so great even heroes yield to it, let alone a male dog which died of a trap of seducement of a female one held in lea ...
2014-11-15
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Unexpected result
Today in the competition of the couple dance opera of the adult group, No. 2 duo won in the third round of contest on talent and skill by singin ...
2014-11-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Social relief fund
A short time ago I knew on TV that a relief fund will be established for the needy people. The people in extreme poverty or acute financial di ...
2014-11-13
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Native accent
Having lived in northeast for thirty － five years, I still talk with mother with the accent of our native village at home. After so long a time ...
2014-11-12
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Arrival of winter
Freezing cold winter comes at last. Last night the minimum temperature dropped to minus 9 degrees centigrade. The light snow falling this morn ...
2014-11-11
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Two ground floor stores let out
One of my former colleagues rented out his two ground floor flats as stores at ¥ 50,000 a year each. Absent from his job for some time, he has ...
2014-11-10
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A warm winter
This winter seems warmer than the past ones. Last night the minimum temperature had been forecast to fall to 2 ℃ . So I could avert coveri ...
2014-11-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The stone roller
Recently I began to yearn for the stone rollers in my native village because it costs too much here to grind the corn and the sorghum into flo ...
2014-11-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Gain without pain
I’ve planned to write a diary in English each day. But sometimes I could hardly find any topic or materials to focus on even though I racked ...
2014-11-05
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Folly to remarry
It’s foolish to remarry for a widower. This has been proved by some cases in our neighborhood and those I knew through the media. I wonder why a ...
2014-11-04
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Sales promotion of apartments
Han Ziping, the most prominent actor of the song － and － dance duet did come to our town with his partner Ms Dong and perform at the newly ...
2014-11-02
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Different seasons in a city
Today on my way back from son’s school I saw by accident some trees still with green leaves through the bus windowpanes on some spot in Chang ...
2014-10-31
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Pickled cabbage and pork soup
Pickled cabbages are one of the specialties of our northeast. They were very popular in the past when people lived in poverty. At that time al ...
2014-10-30
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Disastrous stacks of fuels
It was hazy and cloudy earlier today. Then the ground was moistened by unseen drizzle. The forecast shower came down as I left my apartment fo ...
2014-10-29
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Change the lock
Brother replaced the old lock on the inner side of our house door with a new one of the same size and type. Yesterday he had the key of the ho ...
2014-10-28
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Flaws of our school
The mid － term exam began today for the pupils of the middle school and the primary school. I was sent to the Sunjia school as a supervis ...
2014-10-27
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Records of trifles
I’ve been absent here for nine days for I was busy recently. During this period, I never turned on my computer because when I returned from mo ...
2014-10-17
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The snapped chain
The day before yesterday one of the links in the chain that drives the wheels of my tricycle snapped suddenly on my way back. The next day I we ...
2014-10-14
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Son’s strategy
Son doesn’t stay up late for study any more. Once he turned a deaf ear to my suggestion to keep early hours. He said almost all his classmate ...
2014-10-12
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A bumper radish harvest
Fearing our radishes would suffer the coming freezing cold, mother and I got in our red radishes this evening in a hurry. We are satisfied wit ...
2014-10-10
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Self–reliance
When we are faced with problems, we should first try to solve them by ourselves although it needs more time than seeking help. Self–confidence is ... -
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Golden leaves
This morning I went to school under a sky the color of dust when a strong wind was blowing. It seemed to rain as the forecast had said. The ro ...
2014-10-08
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A short cut
Today I took the dirt road across the field to and from school, which turns hard and smooth in the harvest season with the exception of rainy d ...
2014-10-07
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Suffering is a blessing
Recently I watched parts of the TV serial Suffering Is a Blessing with great interest which has been rare for a long time. The play reflects t ...
2014-10-06
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The sick cabbages
Our cabbages in the garden seem to have come down with something. First, the top parts of their leaves began to dry. Then some exterior leaves ...
2014-10-04
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To sell the apartment
If son needs to buy a flat somewhere else for his marriage in future, I will sell this apartment of ours at a proper time. First, because the apar ...
2014-10-03
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Prepare for the winter
Winter is coming. The early sudden drop of temperature gave the locals a surprise. They began to put on thicker deep–colored clothes. The swallow ...
2014-10-01
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Popcorn maker
The other day I spotted a new kind of popcorn maker at a bus stop in Changchun. What it was strikingly different from the old–fashioned ...
2014-09-30
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The earliest date to freeze
According to the weather forecast, the temperature would drop to minus three degrees centigrade last night, the earliest freezing date in recent ...
2014-09-29
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Walk home from school
The forecast rain was heard before dawn and continued after eight o’clock in the morning. For a few minutes the raindrops turned into large snow ...
2014-09-28
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An irresponsible son
Th e harvest season has set in. But only a small proportion of crops have either been cut down manually or got in mechanically. The loca ...
2014-09-27
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Scraps of life
Yesterday evening on my return to my apartment from mother’s bungalow, I never felt so tired and sleepy that I lay down on bed taking a rest wi ...
2014-09-25
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Exercise–induced injury
A series of connected horizontal bars with different heights in the same plane was erected at the west edge of the playground the other day. I al ...
2014-09-19
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Balance the losses
Today nephew ' s wedding came off satisfactorily. The weather was fine, sunny and windless. Brother ' s house was beautifully decorated with ...
2014-09-18
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Nephew’s wedding
Nephew’s wedding is to be held tomorrow in the Hongfu Hotel. Since the date of the wedding was fixed after the engagement ceremony, brother and ...
2014-09-17
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Free physical examination
Tomorrow we ' re exempt from work for some female teachers of our school and others are about to go to some hospital in the county town ...
2014-09-16
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A surprising discovery
Yesterday as I returned to my apartment I found the marble slab stuck to the roof of the entrance to the south balcony had crashed to the ...
2014-09-10
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Teachers' Day
Teachers ' Day was coming; as a teacher, I should have been unaware of that. After three days off, yesterday at school I heard headmas ...
2014-09-08
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Silent reading
Silent reading, as a fascinating scene, has almost vanished from the view of the public. Good books are ignored to stay on the shelves wi ...
2014-09-06
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Time to harvest dates
Outside in the clear night sky the nearly full moon is shining with sparse stars twinkling. At dusk son told me over the phone that he wi ...
2014-09-05
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Extramarital affairs
Extramarital affairs have ever been described vividly in literary masterpieces in which the authors exposed the reality at the time authe ...
2014-09-03
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Original English films
Only when I watch the original English films can I realize the beauty of the spoken tongue which I still have great difficulty to understa ...
2014-09-02
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Festivals without gifts
Whenever some important festivals arrived, we usually had been given some gifts or money apart from having holidays. But since last year ...
2014-08-31
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Chinese sorghum
Mother grew some sorghum in the slip of field left outside the hedge of our backyard last year. After threshing it, she gave the grains t ...
2014-08-30
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Thunder and rain
Late in the afternoon it turned cloudy and seemed to rain. I began to take into the shed or house the things dried outside and cap the ja ...
2014-08-28
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Costly growing
Last Thursday our school chief hired three hands at the cost of 300 yuan to remove the dead stalks of potatoes with other wild plants fro ...
2014-08-27
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Smoke suckers
Bordering our housing estate gate are several barbecue restaurants opened side by side. Recently the restaurateurs each have installed a s ...
2014-08-26
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First impressions of the new headmaster
He is from a little town east of ours on the Changchun - Jilin highway. He came over to succeed his predecessor in our Central School l ...
2014-08-25
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A late coming rain
I was woken up by the shower at the second half of last night. I got out of bed immediately to close the windows. Rains had been forecast ...
2014-08-24
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Cut sagebrush as fuels
Sagebrush and other wild plants have grown up for cutting down and spreading to dry. Mother has chopped down a lot of them near our home ...
2014-08-23
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A joy to cut off my hair
The day before yesterday I had all my hair cut off like a monk. Recently the daily temperatures have been going up again. Even a short wa ...
2014-08-22
2014-08-20
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Self-reflection
As the saying goes, one should reflect on himself three times per day for self - perfection. I think I have been staying up too late ev ...
2014-08-18
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God of Fortune
Yesterday was the twenty - second day of the seventh lunar month, birthday of God of Wealth. I did not realize it until the explosions ... -
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Bus services cut
Usually there were many shuttles between our town and Changchun. Every day at both ends at least one bus could be seen getting ready for ...
2014-08-16
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Invincible nature
Our region is suffering a serious drought. As a result, the leaves of the lower half of the corn stalks have become partly dry and wither ...
2014-08-14
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Pay the milkman
Tomorrow we are to pay the milkman who will have delivered milk up to us for 32 days. Mother ordered milk on July 15 when she saw one ...
2014-08-12
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A marked change
Our headmaster drove to school some time after my arrival. He had gone to the Central School to meet a new teacher assigned to our school ...
2014-08-11
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Vacancies for teachers
Today was the first day of our new semester. All teachers from the only three village schools of our town were gathered at the Central Sc ... -
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Admirable dedication
I not only like watching the performances of the contestants in the Good Singers in China but show an interest in their background an ...
2014-08-10
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Fermented soya beans
First elder sister introduced to us a specific kind of food in their locality, which is named fermented soya beans, a tasty homely dish. S ...
2014-08-09
2014-08-08
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Beginning of Autumn
Early this afternoon on our way to son ' s school we saw two different kinds of sprinkling trucks in the street of Changchun. They were ...
2014-08-07
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A sexy lady
With the Hungry Ghost Festival approaching, I ' ve been helping brother with selling sacrificial paper for a few days. The other day I ...
2014-08-05
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Fried peanuts
Son ' s breakfast usually consists of porridge, steamed bread, a boiled egg and fried peanuts. The peanuts brought over by first elder s ... -
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The fall of English
As a must in all sorts of exams, English has ever been taken seriously for so long. Teachers, students and parents tended to overemphasiz ...
2014-08-02
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Delivery of meals
I am acquainted with the problem son is faced with at school. The school canteen offers no meals at weekends. He has to dine out, which ca ...
2014-07-31
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Work in the sun
The other day as I passed the west enclosing wall of the Central School I saw a forklift truck clearing the dirt clinging to the higher b ...
2014-07-29
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Early-maturing cabbages
There are two plots of early - ripe cabbages sited about one hundred meters apart by the road I pass every day. The smaller one near ou ...
2014-07-28
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An ideal way to die
I wish to live healthily until my death. If no accidents occur, I think I can reach seventy at least because late father lived to 76 and ... -
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Short reunion after long separation
Recently the trying heat of the summer has abated a little. Only around noon does the sun radiate scorching heat, which is usually allevi ...
2014-07-26
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Reform on pensions
Late this afternoon I happened to get the information about the reform on pensions of employees of public institutions when watching TV new ...
2014-07-25
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Daily trivialities
1 ） Early this morning I received an unwelcome call from one of my former colleagues who invited me to a banquet held in a few days fo ...
2014-07-23
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A visit to wife
The day before yesterday I went to the Undertaker ' s in Changchun with son, where wife ' s cinerary casket has been deposited, for th ...
2014-07-21
2014-07-20
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Good singers of China
The other night I watched enthusiastically with son on computer the first part of the annual singing contest for the admission to the ins ...
2014-07-18
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A soaking rain
It rained heavily yesterday morning and afternoon, which brought an end to the prolonged drought. Mother watered the vegetables almost eve ...
2014-07-16
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Keep a promise
Yesterday I took son to the clinic opened by Doctor Wang, a retired surgeon from our local hospital. The clinic is located in the front b ...
2014-07-12
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Repair the front gate
The double doors of our front gate were in need of repair. The lower edges and inner corners close to the ground had rusted away as a res ...
2014-07-10
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To see a dermatologist
Sister suggested son be taken to Department of Dermatology of Second Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University for medical treatment in the coming ...
2014-07-09
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Possess a pair of hair clippers again
Yesterday brother took to mother a pair of hair clippers newly bought in some shop in our town. We have been longing for that for quite s ...
2014-07-08
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My ageing teeth
The back molar of my lower teeth on the right decayed in my twenties. I had its cavity filled twice in our local hospital. Before long it ...
2014-07-06
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Eat supper before dark
We had been getting used to eating supper very late. So it was necessary to turn on the lights every evening. As a result mosquitoes were ...
2014-07-05
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Kept in the dark
I did not know that we were not going to school today as planned. Yesterday I was sent to the Central School marking the exam papers of G ...
2014-07-04
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Leaks of our pot
As I was preparing supper at dusk I made an unhappy discovery that our cooking pot is leaky near the bottom. I saw the fire beneath throu ...
2014-06-30
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Sleep with the windows open
Last night my bedroom was so stuffy that I reopened the windows of the balconies before retiring. The windows were left open the whole ni ...
2014-06-28
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Buy ourselves fruit
I seldom bought mother any fruit because both of us think it dispensable. We had been living in poverty for so long when we were quite sa ...
2014-06-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A terror in our town
Yesterday at about 15 ： 43, a knifeman with his lower body uncovered appeared on the main street of our town. This immediately caused a ...
2014-06-26
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Nephew's fiancée
She ' s tall and slim, running a restaurant with her father by the lake situated about five kilometers southwest of our town. The lake ...
2014-06-24
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Nephew's engagement dinner
Tomorrow brother ' s son will be engaged to the girl he has been living with recently. They both are in their early thirties. The girl ...
2014-06-23
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Pepper powder
The pepper powder in the kitchen is nearly used up. This afternoon I produced the peppercorns bought long before, drying them in the sun. ...
2014-06-21
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Summer Solstice
Today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere. Up to now no swallows come to settle in the nest under the prot ...
2014-06-16
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Deserted vegetables
This morning as I cycled halfway towards school I came across a pile of vegetables newly deserted at the roadside. They included several ...
2014-06-12
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Waiting needed
Just before school was over a clap of thunder broke suddenly outside. In the meantime dark clouds could be seen gathering in the sky. It s ...
2014-06-11
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Ligustrum quihoui Carr
The narrow pavement to the lavatory at the southwest corner of our schoolyard is flanked with Ligustrum quihoui Carr bushes. We seldom walk the ...
2014-06-10
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Today's lunch
I think today ' s lunch was better than any other day ' s. The rice has always been cooked with too much water. This can save grain fo ...
2014-06-09
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Minibuses replaced by midibuses
For so many years minibuses had been taking up the job of carrying our town ' s travelers to and from the county town. There were only a ...
2014-06-08
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A sleepless night
Three decades ago on July 7, 8, 9, 1984 I took part in the College Entrance Examination after finishing a two - year study in a high sc ...
2014-06-07
2014-06-06
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Due in a year
Son returned home early this morning because his school will be occupied as a test site during the national college entrance exams tomorr ...
2014-06-04
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Traffic suspended
The road was almost closed to traffic after being repaired at the bridge not far from school. Only cyclists and motor - cyclists could p ...
2014-06-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On able women
Nowadays more and more capable women have distinguished themselves in many fields. Some career women ' s achievements even surpass those ...
2014-06-01
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Rice dumplings
The other day mother had bought some dates and glutinous rice for making dumplings for son on the Dragon Boat Festival. Now son has come ... -
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A sigh in summer
Flies come with the hot summer. After lunch I was urged to help brother clean the rails removed from the outside windows. They will be fi ...
2014-05-30
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Summer is here
The celebrations concluded towards noon. It was hot. The presidium on the rostrum suffered from the scorching sun for so long because it w ...
2014-05-29
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Collect pine cones
It occurred to me to collect the cones as they first came into my view this morning. There were so many under the pines before our teaching hou ... -
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A frightening possibility
I ' m assigned to give lessons to eight different grades of students from kindergarten kids to the eighth grade juveniles with the exception o ...
2014-05-28
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Disquieting hours
On the morning last Sunday I had been on guard alone for two hours at school. This was the first time I have realized a heavy responsibil ...
2014-05-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Unusual means
As the bus arrived at its terminus near the railway station I alighted from it with all the other passengers. I headed for the No. 280 Bu ...
2014-05-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Thunder showers
Today thunder showers came down as predicted. Such weather will continue tomorrow. This morning I cycled to school for it was my turn to ...
2014-05-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Frequent rain
It was forecast overcast tomorrow and then sunny the following day. The long spell of rainy weather will come to an end in our region. The ...
2014-05-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Dirty and heavy work
Yesterday I helped elder brother with the transportation of coal bought as a bargain from a neighboring town to the west. A new settler in ...
2014-05-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A vegetarian among my colleagues
Mr. Shao is a real character. He is the only person I have found among my colleagues for so many years who enjoys reading ancient Chinese ...
2014-05-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Photograph a rainbow
I was caught in a shower the day before yesterday when I pushed home a bike load of firewood. As I reached the T - junction west of the ...
2014-05-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The year of the Sheep
Next year is the year of the Sheep, which is thought ominous for those born within. Elder sister of late wife is a good example. She is g ...
2014-05-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Rewarded waiting
I found that something we desired would be within our reach sooner or later. It ' s unnecessary to look for or seek after it immediately ...
2014-05-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Indifference to others' death
When I reached the outskirts of our town from school, I was stopped by a call from one of my former colleagues in his car drawing up at th ...
2014-05-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Thank heavens
Yesterday when I was on my way to and from school the rain happened to be suspended. But the night before and during my stay at school it ...
2014-05-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The mature young single men
Recently I began to think highly of some single men candidates in the matchmaking program The Whole City in Love. Why ？ They should hav ... -
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Flash in the pan
The temperature dropped suddenly today for the cloudy and rainy weather. The short - lived summer has given way to spring after a few da ...
2014-05-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Summer is coming
Tomorrow son will come back to spend his Labor Day holiday at home. The fruits put away in the refrigerator over a week can be consumed a ...
2014-04-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Transportation of fuels
Last week from Tuesday to Friday I carried a tricycle - load of corn stems home every day thanks to the good weather. I rode the tricyc ...
2014-04-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Misplaced corn stems
The other day as I arrived at school I found the corn stems piled at the southwest corner of the school yard had been burnt to ashes. I c ...
2014-04-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The sound-controlled bulb
The light which illuminated the stairs at our floor has failed to respond to my stamps at least for a month. This put me to great inconven ...
2014-04-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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My changed voice
I caught cold last weekend when I was digging up corn stubbles behind our backyard. It was around noon and I felt hot and took off my jack ...
2014-04-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Plant potatoes
Yesterday some of my colleagues had been busy cutting potatoes into pieces as seeds. This morning as I arrived at school the planting had ...
2014-04-11
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Early spring
The plowing season has arrived despite tha fact that I am still in winter wear . New grasses have sprouted extensively. The trees are u ...
2014-04-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Two bundles of corn stems
The two bundles of leafless corn stems had been deserted at the roadside ditch over a long time. Mother said the small storage of our fue ...
2014-04-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Son's homecoming
I didn't know son would come back on Tomb Sweeping Day before second elder sister told me when I phoned her to express my opposition to t ...
2014-03-31
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Keep impulsion under control
It cost Mr. B over ￥ 2 ， 000 to cover the medical expenses of a student whom he had beaten on the neck and made a big swelling. I f ...
2014-03-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Son's concern
Yesterday I received a phone call from son in which he asked about my injured foot and his grandma. This was the second time he has speci ...
2014-03-29
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A moderate rain
It was nearly seven o ' clock when I woke up this morning. Pulling the curtain aside, I saw it was raining hard outside as forecast yes ...
2014-03-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The arrival of spring
Yesterday on my way to school I caught sight of a few new grasses of the same kind at the roadside. They are the messengers of spring. Af ...
2014-03-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A stubborn young peasant
Yesterday in the match - making program The Whole City in Love I was attracted by an obstinate young peasant who came to find a peasant ...
2014-03-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Put up stealthily at school
Last night I shared the same bedroom with son and one of his classmates at his school against the regulations of their dormitory. It had ...
2014-03-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Sleep by day
I haven’t slept by day for a long time. During these recent three days, however, I took a nap every afternoon at our quiet and warm apar ...
2014-03-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The launch of a housing development project
A future housing estate has been under construction just behind the Central School after an extensive advertising campaign. I wonder if i ...
2014-03-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A joy to listen
We can be entertained by watching TV dramas and comedies. The funny talks and performances often bring us great joy. If you are a careful ...
2014-03-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A malfunction with our water pump
Our pump refused to work this afternoon when it was switched on. In spite of my difficulty to move about, I got down from the kang to fin ...
2014-03-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A lesson to me
The other day I was badly hurt when attempting to tame the boy making trouble in class. The circumstances of the injured toe deteriorated ...
2014-03-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Changing attitudes towards smoking
Smoking gave me a good impression when I was a child. The peasants in our village smoked the small - bowled long - stemmed pipe. Somet ...
2014-03-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Repent my folly
This was the third time the big toe of my right foot has been wounded. The first was by kicking son and I suffered pain for several days. ...
2014-03-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Gossip about the missing Malaysian airliner
The disappearance of the Kuala Lumpur—Beijing passenger plane came as a sad shock to the families of the passengers on board. But to othe ...
2014-03-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The blare of a siren
Once I was to retire for the night when a siren began to blare at the foot of our apartment building. The sound was so loud and near that ...
2014-03-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The longest reign of winter
It has turned cold again after a short period of melting weather. The road and the fields have returned to the dry and hard state. Only a ...
2014-03-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Idleness-induced sickness
Mother had never looked so tired as to lie on the kang after doing some homework. Yesterday she caught cold when taking a nap for not cov ...
2014-03-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Head for happiness
The other day I watched with mother the TV program named Head for happiness in which we learnt the story of an unusual unmarried couple i ...
2014-02-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Dirty souls in dirty weather
With the daily temperature racing up, the remaining snow and ice has begun melting largely. Extensive fields are revealed black and wet .T ...
2014-02-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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First elder sister's departure
Tomorrow evening first elder sister will leave for home by train. She ' s been staying here with us for twenty - odd days. During thes ...
2014-02-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Live for the family
One should not live for himself only. He should live mainly for his family. When a person agrees to this view, he can be called a mature ...
2014-02-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The trouble with my bike
T his morning as I rode my bike to school I found something gets wrong with it. The back wheel emits a clicking sound at an interval of ...
2014-02-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Characters of a charming girl
A beautiful girl never appeals to me if she is not bashful in doing anything. These days there is no lack of beauties but it is rare to se ...
2014-02-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The atmosphere of Spring Festival
It is well recognized that Spring Festival is never expected with anxiety as before. It won ' t bring us pleasure we enjoyed many years ...
2014-02-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The approaching spring
Recently it has been warming up. Yesterday as I returned home after making a deposit in the bank, my underwear on the back had been soake ...
2014-02-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival arrived again. How quickly time flies ！ It marks the end of the Spring Festival. People eat dumplings today accord ...
2014-02-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Regret for lack of preparedness
I should have washed son ' s dirty uniform carried back from school early in the vacation. First I washed his other clothes he would ch ...
2014-02-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A coincidence
At noon tomorrow son will come back from Dalian where he has been staying for nearly a month. Today was the first day of our new semeste ...
2014-02-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The expiration of our vacation
Our winter vacation came to an end today. Tomorrow we ' ll go to work again in spite of the cold weather. Last night I dreamed about th ...
2014-02-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A futile attempt
Since its protest and demonstration was put down, the outlawed organization Falun Gong has never stopped its activity against the governm ...
2014-02-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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First elder sister's children
First sister has two sons and one daughter. They have all grown up and had their own children. Although none of them had finished middle ...
2014-02-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A midnight crash
Soon after I lay abed for sleep last night, I suddenly heard a crash in the sitting room. I got out of bed immediately and rushed to the l ...
2014-02-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A visit ahead of schedule
The other day second elder sister informed mother first sister would come after the Lantern Festival. First sister had long planned to vi ...
2014-02-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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My right-hand neighbor
The house next door to us on the west has been deserted over two months. There once lived a young couple with their teenaged girl. Since ...
2014-01-31
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The deserted street
I found a sudden change taking place from yesterday evening to this evening. Almost all the shops along the street had been closed for th ...
2014-01-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Spirited mother
We have omitted to paste spring couplets for three years running since wife ' s death. Before that, I had been enthusiastically writing ...
2014-01-28
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Chat with parents
Just now I read a mother ' s letter to her son on the net complaining that her child would rather occupy himself in watching TV and com ...
2014-01-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Indistinguishable sex
These days I found it more and more difficult to distinguish men from women. After a singer became famous for his role acting as a woman, ...
2014-01-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The symptom of neurasthenia
Recently I was stricken with tinnitus again which happened to my right ear. I had first contracted it in my school days when I overtaxed ...
2014-01-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A wonder drug for constipation
I had once suffered from severe constipation. It took place many years ago when I was looking after wounded elder brother in hospital. I ...
2014-01-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Manual labor
The large logs I had brought back from the roadside last spring needed to be sawn and chopped into small pieces as firewood to light our ...
2014-01-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Kitchen God Festival
Today is the 23rd of the twelfth month by the lunar calendar when folks usually worship Kitchen God. According to Chinese folklore, every ...
2014-01-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A great success
Mum has been enthusiastically making steamed bread of maize and wheat flour for several times recently. We gleaned many ears of corn in th ...
2014-01-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A welcome snow
There had been no snowfall for so long since the disastrous period of snowy weather last semester. At dusk yesterday it began to snow as ...
2014-01-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Gingivitis
The day before yesterday I felt some pain in the lower gum on the right. The innermost molar nearby has been decayed. From the night the ...
2014-01-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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See son off
At dawn yesterday I accompanied son to Changchun Railway Station seeing him off to Dalian. He had stayed at home for a week since the begi ...
2014-01-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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My first mobile phone
I had been the only person among us teachers who had no mobile phone until a few days ago. I had been thinking it unnecessary to have a m ...
2014-01-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The expected optometrist
These recent days I ' ve been straining my eyes when reading and watching TV and computer because my spectacles have been out of use. Y ...
2014-01-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Reserve a ticket on the net
The other day son bought a Changchun - Dalian train ticket at ￥ 98 for a trip in a few days on a ticket - selling spot by himself ...
2014-01-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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News items
1 ） A motor - cyclist was framed to have knocked down an old man by his family after rescuing him. The rescuer chose to commit suicid ...
2014-01-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A 383-day leap year
Careful citizens might have found that the coming Lunar New Year of Horse is a leap year with 383 days from 31 January 2014 to 18 Februar ...
2014-01-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Exchange daughters
There was a custom in my birthplace which came into being for the difficulty of marriage. When a family had one son and one daughter at t ...
2014-01-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Nicknamed middle school students
According to their academic records, learning state and characteristics, the middle school students are nicknamed as follows— ...
2013-12-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Unforgettable financial crisis
In the first years of my marriage I was under a heavy debt for house building. Moreover, during that period our pay had been always overd ...
2013-12-28
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A rescue operation
On the morning of 26 December, hearing the cry for help from a lady dragged under one of the wheels of a bus, one hundred odd passers - ...
2013-12-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Winter vacation
Our winter vacation began yesterday. It ' ll come to an end on February 10. I ' m to accompany mother to our county town having her fi ...
2013-12-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A seat offered by force
让座或者不让座，每天都在我们的身边发生。在江苏常州 93 路公交车上，一名女子抱着小孩却无人让座，司机无奈停车 7 分钟！最终一位中年男子让出座位。 ...
2013-12-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On Christmas
Christmas arrives again. Several of my colleagues received some fruits from the pupils who showed their love and respect on this occasion ...
2013-12-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Deserted babies
南京社会儿童福利院的弃婴岛（正式名称为“婴儿 安全岛 ”）自 12 月 10 日启用以来，几乎每天都收到弃婴，而据该院工作人员称，最近几日更是有外地的父 ...
2013-12-22
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Winter Day
Winter Solstice arrives today, which is the 22nd solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar. It is also a traditional Chinese festiva ... -
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The happy life of widowers and single males
They can live peacefully without disturbances of visitors related to their imaginary wives or girlfriends. They are also exempted from do ...
2013-12-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Blasphemed marriage
Marriage is a serious thing, a right with many obligations falling upon those married people. It is a life – long contract which requi ...
2013-12-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The place to save souls
When one feels too depressed to live on in the world, as a young healthy life, the best place for him or her may be a monastery or a nunn ...
2013-12-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Crisis of school education
The students hate to attend class and their teachers are reluctant to give lessons. But both of them are willing to have holidays. The te ...
2013-12-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The first time to wear a gauze mask
Recently I found the air in our neighborhood had been polluted so badly that it was unfit to be breathed in directly. When I sensed the d ...
2013-12-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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To show off
That a person demonstrates his ability frequently before the public lies in his lack of self - confidence or his desire to be known quic ...
2013-12-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On forbearance
If we can get peace in return by making some concessions, why not try to do so ？ My life experiences and some tragic cases learnt on T ...
2013-12-13
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Difficult to find a partner
I regularly watch the matchmaking programs with mother on the Life channel of the Jilin TV station and the Entertainment channel of Chang ...
2013-12-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Ask and be asked
Confucius once travelled from state to state putting forward his proposals to the kings on administration. But no ruler accepted his offe ...
2013-12-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On remarriage
With regard to the divorced people and those whose spouses are dead, it is their right to marry again. But the remarried couples may be f ...
2013-12-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Smoking and drinking
Smoking and drinking are very popular among men and women nowadays. They are necessary on such occasions as parties, weddings, funerals and holi ...
2013-12-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Pleasant dreams
I often dreamed of my late father and wife when theycame back to life always. On these occasions, I would be perplexed to see them alive. Fat ...
2013-12-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The wretched children
All rural schools affiliated with the Central School in our town have been closed except three big ones. Most of the children of these sch ...
2013-12-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On happiness
Happiness is a hot topic these days. Some said happiness is safety. And some thought it derives from health. And some regarded keeping fr ...
2013-12-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Survival of the fittest
Survival of the fittest is the rule of the world of animals and plants. It also plays the same role in the human evolution. The difference betw ...
2013-11-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The dripping eaves
Today was warmer than forecast . At about ten o ' clock am the south eaves of our bungalow began dripping for the remaining snow on the ... -
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On manhood
Not all adult males can be called men. As a man, to begin with he must be able to support himself independently. And secondly, he can ens ...
2013-11-29
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Three kinds of husbands
The contemporary husbands can be classified into three types. The first are male chauvinists who are dictators of their families. The seco ...
2013-11-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Do you know yourself？
One ' s maturity or immaturity can be judged through seeing if he has a correct assessment of his own strengths and weaknesses. Many peop ...
2013-11-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Equality is out of the question
Different people have different status. The equality of man is just a fantasy that is unlikely to be realized. A powerful person is just l ...
2013-11-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Walk home from school
This afternoon when I finished my teaching at 2 ： 30 I left for home on foot. The road was slippery with hardened snow and ice. It wou ...
2013-11-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Experience earthquakes
In the afternoon before yesterday when I was lying on the kang in our bungalow, I suddenly heard the trembling of the paper replacing the ...
2013-11-22
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Sympathy in contest
The other year in the annual contest of the Starlight Road Ms Liu won the yearly champion. She did sing well. But other contestants also p ... -
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Prediction verified
School resumed yesterday after two days ' closure for the heavy snow. But towards the close of our daily work, we received an urgent call fro ...
2013-11-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The bright night
There has never been such a heavy snowfall as now. I walked through the alley filled with deep snow in the evening. Next morning some inh ...
2013-11-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A heavy snowfall
At dawn this morning I was wakened by the ringing bell of our telephone. At the other end of the phone was our headmaster who told me we we ...
2013-11-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A white world
Yesterday evening when I left mother ' s it had been snowing for a whole day. But it was not cold. The soft and sticky snow was melting ...
2013-11-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Different from the rest
A year before the end of last century I was exiled to a rural primary school about ten kilometers from my former middle school in our lit ...
2013-11-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Against purchasing motor vehicles
I have no intention to own any motor vehicles. Even if I were offered free of charge, I would refuse without hesitation. The reasons are a ...
2013-11-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The fascination of winter
Winter has set in for a period. I ' m getting used to the season slowly. Winter dominates our region nearly six months every year. Thank ...
2013-11-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Make a change in cooking
After watching The Whole City in Love for a while with mother around five o ' clock pm, I went to the kitchen preparing our supper. The ...
2013-11-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Cold precautions
This morning I did not get up as early as in the working days. I stayed in bed for some time after I woke up. When the daylight illuminated my b ...
2013-11-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Our warm flat
I ' m satisfied that our apartment is well heated. When I come back from mother ' s every evening, I ' m to take off all my clothes exc ...
2013-11-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Late for work
I had been late for work for a few days running. Now I was so embarrassed to face our chief because I had no other excuse for my late arri ...
2013-11-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Pick up cabbages
I came across a pile of cabbages newly thrown by the roadside in the ditch when I walked past with my flat - tired bicycle. The spot wa ...
2013-11-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Witness an earthquake
At 11 ： 03 am on October 31, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale occurred at Qianguoxian county to the west of our county. ...
2013-11-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The misjudged flat tire
Last Friday as I nearly cycled halfway to school, I suddenly discovered my bike ' s back wheel tire got flat. At once I concluded that ...
2013-10-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The sunny weekend
Bad weather had been continuing for a week since last weekend, now cloudy, now misty, and now rainy. Today it was sunny at last. I think ...
2013-10-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The first day of central heating
The heating period began for the blocks in our town. Yesterday evening when I passed the house sheltering the furnace which generates the ...
2013-10-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The lunch today
The free lunches offered to us teachers by school had been always composed of rice and some dishes. But shortly after this semester starte ...
2013-10-22
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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School suspended because of mist
Our vice - principal said if it ' s foggy tomorrow the students needn ' t go to school but the teachers must report for duty as usua ...
2013-10-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The unprecedented thick mist
It was misty and cloudy this morning. As I walked out of our apartment building, I saw the middle - aged woman who lives above us on the ...
2013-10-20
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The main task of this weekend
I had planned to seal the windows of our bungalow with plastic to prevent the draughts this weekend. But a more important thing needs me t ...
2013-10-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Adulthood ceremony
This morning I took part in the adulthood ceremony held in Changchun No. 11 High School with many other parents whose children are also s ...
2013-10-16
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Winter sunshine
Thanks to the cold weather, I didn't perspire these two days when cycling to and from school. This never happened in the past. I was alwa ...
2013-10-15
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Our cold office
Yesterday ' s minimum temperature didn't drop to minus 6 degrees centigrade as forecast. In fear of our turnips being frozen, mother ha ...
2013-10-14
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Double Ninth Festival
Yesterday was the 9th day of 9th lunar month, the Double Ninth Festival. On this day people usually ascend a height to enjoy a distant vi ...
2013-10-13
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Great effects of small favors
To keep an in stitution in order, strict discipline is necessary. But as head of a basic unit, the most important is to win the full supp ...
2013-10-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Winter is approaching
It is the harvest season now. Most of the corn stalks have been cut down in the fields. Some quick - handed farmers have finished their ...
2013-10-11
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The harmful beautifying
When people beautify themselves they don't realize they are damaging their health. Hair dyeing could make one look younger and pretty but ...
2013-10-09
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Graciously bow out
We had better limit our desires properly, otherwise we ' ll get into danger. We should not say too much or we are liable to make a slip ...
2013-10-07
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The week-long holiday is over
The National Day holiday has come to an end. Mother and I had planned to help harvest the corn growing in the plot next to our backyard a ...
2013-10-06
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Can you tell me why？
Can you tell me why a joke fails to amuse people when it ' s told the second time but a song is still welcomed even it has been heard ma ...
2013-10-04
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The purposes of marriage
People marry for many reasons. Traditionally speaking, they intend to continue their family lines and be looked after by their children wh ...
2013-10-03
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Look and quality
When you choose something, do you mainly decide according to its look or by its quality ？ The look is usually the first factor to aff ... -
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One of the characters of a key school
Son is studying at one of the key high schools in our provincial town. But he had three days off during the Mid - autumn Festival. The ...
2013-09-29
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The maize reaping machines I ever saw
The maize harvesters I had known were large and left the harvested fields with long stalks of corn and a layer of seeds. It seemed a grea ...
2013-09-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The healthy way of life
Mother ' s good health derives from her traditional way of life. She prefers to occupy herself with something rather than id ...
2013-09-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The onlookers see most of the game
Generally, for matters under heaven, those closely involved cannot see as clearly as those outside. This old saying was proved again toda ...
2013-09-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Advertising balloons
Each with a model lantern at the top, eight tall column - like red balloons for advertisement have been erected for about a fortnight by the r ...
2013-09-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The distortion of the truth
Yesterday in the audition of the couple dance opera an old woman singer won her promotion through begging. This was the first time I ' ...
2013-09-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Autumn wind
It was windy but not cold yesterday. The windows and the house door had to be closed all day. The strong wind made its way aggressively t ...
2013-09-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Hasty divorce
Divorce used to be considered shameful. However, it is a commonplace nowadays. The newly – weds are not sure if they could be faithfu ...
2013-09-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Ode to autumn
Autumn is the season of harvest. Nature generously offers people grain, vegetables, fruits and firewood to pass the coming winter. We need ...
2013-09-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Why is school education thought useless？
School education especially higher education costs dearly but only makes a little profit. The expenditure in education is becoming heavie ...
2013-09-15
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The brightest nights of the year
The brightest nights of the year are around the 15th day of the 8th lunar month with the moon shining in the dark blue and clear sky. Thi ...
2013-09-13
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The autumn scene
Mid - autumn Festival is approaching. Maize as the main crop of our region is ripening. It grows thickly and extensively in the fields f ...
2013-09-12
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Wheat and onion
Both winter wheat and onion are sown in autumn. Their seedlings can live through the winter. Winter wheat is grown in my native land, cen ...
2013-09-10
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Modern family
As the basic units of society, families have been dwindling with the time. The policy of family planning is the main reason for the situa ... -
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Gifts give me no peace
This morning after I walked into our office I found a new red carton that contained a stainless steel vacuum flask on my desk. At first I ...
2013-09-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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An excellent weather forecaster
He has been forecasting weather for twenty years. Every evening after the CCTV news at 7 o ' clock he often appears on the screen for w ...
2013-09-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Brother's newly-bought van
Early yesterday morning elder brother drove me to school. Then we loaded his van with the potatoes distributed, earned and gleaned. I had ...
2013-09-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Teachers' Day
The Teachers ' Day is only a few days away. This afternoon all the schoolchildren were summoned to do cleaning except those in Grade O ...
2013-09-05
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Take bribes
Today I accepted the first bribe in my life as a teacher. Mr. Ren, a retired teacher of our school, came to our office towards the end of ...
2013-09-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Modern marriage
Modern marriage is quite different from the traditional one. It tends to be fragile rather than durable. Before the wedding the cautious ...
2013-09-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Role of environment in shaping man's character
Environment can change a person to a certain degree. People in favorable living conditions are likely to degrade. The indigenous populatio ...
2013-09-02
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An unusual lunch
Today we were offered a lunch quite different from those in the past, which consisted of steamed bread and soup. The steamed bread was br ...
2013-09-01
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Chang wear with the season
It ' s getting colder after each autumn rain. Last night I closed all the windows for the first time before retiring. I also shut my be ...
2013-08-31
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A day on farm work
I went to school early this morning with a sickle. My main job was to clear the wild plants in the potato plot to be harvested and the de ...
2013-08-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Keep watch tomorrow
Tomorrow is Saturday but it isn ' t a holiday for me. I ' ve been assigned to keep watch over our school. We teachers take turns at be ...
2013-08-29
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Cycle to and from work in the rain
It was raining hard when I left school yesterday afternoon near the time we knock off every day. As I arrived home my trousers and shoes ...
2013-08-28
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God of fortune
It has been raining since late this morning. At dusk mother was puzzled about the firecrackers let off far and near. At first I got confu ...
2013-08-27
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The funeral rites
At dawn this morning I was woken up by the reverberating explosion of firecrackers in our estate. It seemed a funeral would be held soon. ...
2013-08-26
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The traffic jam
Early this morning a traffic jam happened on the main street near the school of our town. Many cars were caught in the rush hour. At the ...
2013-08-25
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The phone out of order
During the last six days I failed connecting our computer with the Internet. I didn't know the reason until Friday evening when I tried t ... -
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The diaries of this week
1 ） The first sign of autumn I let out a loud sneeze in bed after I awoke on Saturday morning. Soon I got up and opened all the wi ...
2013-08-16
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A pleasant surprise
Late this morning I went to the bank drawing the sum on deposit that expired today and lodged it again for another year. On my way home I ...
2013-08-13
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The fourth anniversary of wife's death
Wife died of breast cancer at the age of 40 on the morning of August 10, 2009. In the evening her body was rushed to the crematorium in t ... -
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Unload a cargo
Yesterday around 5 o ' clock pm a lorry heavily laden with a cargo of sacrificial paper drew up to the gate of elder brother ' s. The ... -
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An annoying gossip
I had a bad sleep last night because of fatigue and a late and heavy supper. I lay awake far into the night. Now I sat up in bed; now I dr ...
2013-08-11
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Dangerous work
Many people are employed in dangerous work. Cops must do their duty to run after and seize the desperate criminals. Firefighters are need ...
2013-08-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The first autumn rain
This morning an autumn drizzle began to fall silently while son was sleeping in the dim curtained bedroom. Soon the rain stopped, leaving ...
2013-08-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Visit prostitutes
According to the latest news on TV this noon, some high - ranking judges in Shanghai have been displaced from office for going whoring t ...
2013-08-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The Beginning of Autumn
The Beginning of Autumn is only one day away. The other day I was suffering from terrible heat. Yesterday evening I could enjoy the cool ...
2013-08-04
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To the rubbish cleaners
Mother found that this year the flies are fewer than the last. I think we should owe this to the rubbish cleaners who continually remo ...
2013-08-02
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Intolerable heat
I did not feel the power of the Great Heat until yesterday since the hottest period began. Yesterday morning I was still working unaffect ...
2013-08-01
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Wholesale Sacrificial Paper
Elder brother has been running the business of sacrificial paper for several years. He usually had a signboard lean on the wall outside n ... -
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Wholesale Sacrificial Paper
Elder brother has been running the business of sacrificial paper for several years. He usually had a signboard lean on the wall outside n ...
2013-07-31
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Self-sufficiency
In my childhood, our family was almost self - sufficient in food, clothing and shelter of these basic necessities of life. At that ...
2013-07-29
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A dizzy spell
Yesterday morning after I got up I felt dizzy. I had to lie down immediately on the nearby bed in the living room. The feeling continued even af ...
2013-07-28
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Modern civilization
We can ' t deny the cultural and social advancement up to the present. But I fail to find anything representative that can outshine tho ...
2013-07-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Windows and customs
In my memory, no cottage had back windows in my native village. It ' s unbearable to dwell in such a house of small depth in hot summer. ...
2013-07-26
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Make noodles for son
Son is on holiday at home. He ' s very particular about what he eats. So I always try my best to prepare every meal for him. In additio ...
2013-07-24
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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My second homeland
We ' ve settled here in Northeast over three decades. At first I was not used to the conditions of our new settlement. The coarse food, shabby ...
2013-07-23
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Death of a solitary old widower
Yesterday I learnt on the net an old man living in solitude died unnoticed until ten days later the overpowering stench of his rotting co ...
2013-07-21
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Great Heat
新华网天津７月２１日电（记者周润健）“小暑接大暑，热得无处躲。”《中国天文年历》显示， 北京时间 ７月２２日２３时５６分，带来滚滚热浪的大暑节 ...
2013-07-19
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Distance produces beauty
This rainy afternoon I read an article by Feng Zikai, who expounded a truth that fascination lies in seeking but ends at realization. He ... -
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On advertisement
Advertisement has reached every corner of the world. It appears wherever man lives. It comes to you whether you like it or not. It could ...
2013-07-18
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TV shows interesting mother
There are three TV programs mother likes to watch every day. The first two are the 13 ： 30 Court Today and the 14 ： 00 My Choice on ...
2013-07-16
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Fascination of Chinese brush writing
在我们已经习惯了用电脑“写字”的时代，绝大多数高校的高考录取通知书都是用电脑打印出来的，而陕西师范大学却回归传统，由学校的老教授用毛笔，一笔一画 ... -
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Petitioning mother
新华网长沙７月１５日电（记者周楠 谭剑）１５日９时许，湖南省高级人民法院对“上访妈妈”唐慧诉 永州 市劳教委行政赔偿案二审作出判决：撤销永州市中级 ...
2013-07-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Cohabitation of migrant workers
走出家门到大城市赚钱养家，是中国亿万 农民工 的选择。由于各种因素，很多外出农民工无法携带家眷，夫妻二人长期分居。为了寻求心理与生理上的慰藉，越 ... -
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The best way to spend the summer holiday
I think the best way to spend the summer holiday is stay at home doing nothing at all. Even if I were offered free accommodation at a summer res ...
2013-07-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Reflect on myself
Nearly a week has passed since the end of last semester. I feel guilty not to have made a practical plan for my long holiday. I almost id ...
2013-07-11
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Voluntary work
The maize plot bordering our backyard urgently needs weeding and detaching the tillers from the stems of the crops. As a result of excess ... -
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Registration of fingerprints
The last day of last semester we were told to have our fingerprints taken at the central primary school today. This morning as I went the ...
2013-07-09
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Who's to look after mother？
This was the title of the TV play mother and I watched with interest recently. It tells how an aged widow helps his sons in need with hug ... -
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The air-conditioned bus
The Kalun - Changchun buses have all changed into air - conditioned ones which are windowless. The air - conditioners are not turne ...
2013-07-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The first day of summer vacation
Our summer vacation began yesterday. Son has gone to school for a month since his departure last time. The day before I made him a call e ...
2013-07-06
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Pick mushrooms
It ' s good time to hunt fungi after several days of rainy weather. I had never been inclined to do that except today quite by accident ...
2013-07-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Cooking fumes
The cooking fumes of my neighbors below are often discharged into our kitchen through the chimney we share. On such occasions I usually c ...
2013-07-04
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The problem facing our school
This afternoon we were summoned to have a meeting towards the close of this semester. Our headmaster showed his disappointment at the per ...
2013-07-03
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Widespread flooding
It rained the whole day. I was obliged to go to work by bus. The lower parts of my trousers legs were splashed with water as I went throu ...
2013-07-02
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Reluctant to be absent from work
The torrential rain this morning delayed my starting off for work. I saw it raging outside without knowing if I could go, how and when to go. I ...
2013-07-01
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A rain-induced flood
Our garden has been saturated with water. But rain still comes down day after day. According to the forecast, it will rain every day in t ...
2013-06-30
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A life insurance effected against my will
My late wife insured my life for ￥ 20,000 before her death despite my opposition. When she died, I received ￥ 10,000 insurance for ...
2013-06-29
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The comparison between an apartment and a bungalow
We can ' t absolutely say an apartment is superior to a bungalow for dwelling. Each of them has its own merits and demerits. With regar ...
2013-06-28
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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A good sleep
This year ' s senior high school entrance examination began in our province today. We are taking three days ' holiday for that. The ...
2013-06-27
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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The only DioEnglish star in my mind
He seldom publishes blogs on the website. But he is an enthusiastic reader of the blogs here and an active commentator. He impresses me w ...
2013-06-25
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Potatoes in bloom
This afternoon when I finished my teaching task I observed a skilled peasant earthing up the potatoes in the traditional way with great i ... -
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The debts I owe
My first fifteen years were spent in Hebei. Then leaving first elder sister there, our whole family moved to Northeast where we have been ...
2013-06-23
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Making visits and being visited
I neither like making visits nor desire being visited due to my introversion. Both my late father and wife were quite different from me i ... -
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On forgiveness
When my late wife married me, both of us were virgins. We even didn't know how to make love to each other during the first days of our ma ...
2013-06-21
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Taste steamed bread
I was born in central Hebei where wheat is widely grown. So it ' s natural that I like food made of flour very much. Although I eat it ...
2013-06-19
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Study-weariness
Nowadays more and more schoolchildren tend to show great reluctance to study their courses. Why ？ As far as the children ' s backgrou ...
2013-06-18
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Different weather within 10 km
In the middle of this afternoon we saw the southeastern sky darkened just over our town. Soon the darkness spread to our school. Then for ...
2013-06-17
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Reminiscences of father
Father has passed away over thirteen years. He died at the age of seventy - six after being ill in bed for so long. He migrated from ...
2013-06-16
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Energy sources of road lamps
Along the Changchun - Jilin Highway through the south of our town are built many road lamps. On top of each lamppost is furnished a win ...
2013-06-15
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Suffer from toothache
I usually chewed up my food with my left teeth for the hindmost lower molar tooth on the right has decayed. But yesterday I suddenly cont ...
2013-06-14
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On divorce
Divorce which was deemed disgraceful is a commonplace nowadays. People tend to discard the moral principles abided by in the past. Lust f ...
2013-06-12
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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On directness
When we are asked to express our views or attitudes of something or somebody else that disappoints us, some of us would give a direct neg ... -
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Can the weather be predicted by sunglow？
Yesterday the sunset glow tinted red the western sky near the earth as if a large fire were raging over the horizon. I gazed at it for some time ...
2013-06-11
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A cuckoo's call
Today I stayed at our bungalow with mother hearing the call of a cuckoo from time to time. The call was so loud and clear that I coul ...
2013-06-10
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Allowances on festivals
This afternoon as I passed the opened door of our headmaster ' s office, he called me in and gave me a ￥ 100 note after I was asked to wri ...
2013-06-09
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Three days off
We ' ll get three days off next week, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. And Wednesday is the Dragon Boat Festival ， a national holiday. ...
2013-06-08
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Rush to school
I didn't retire for the night until one o ' clock this morning after finishing and posting my English diary on the net. So naturally I w ...
2013-06-07
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Son's homecoming
Son said he would come back at about 3 o ' clock pm this afternoon. First, I told him to go to mother ' s because at that time I would be at ...
2013-06-05
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Sumingyu published a new blog
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Make rice dumplings
The Dragon Boat Festival is just around the corner. Yesterday mother dragged to the street buying 1 kilogram of glutinous rice and a half kilogr ... -
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Iris in bloom
Chinese small iris At the edges of the fields and on the paths within are flourishing clusters of iris. Now they are in full bloom ...
2013-06-03
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Keep flies out
Flies come with the arrival of summer. Much to our annoyance, they intrude into our rooms, contaminate our food and stain the surface of walls. ...
2013-06-01
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Happy to be home
I didn't think I could get home tonight. This afternoon I went to attend the meeting for the parents of the students offered bed and board at sc ...
