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金钱 柯币
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发表于 2004-11-27 10:05:24
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呃。。。赶出来了。。。大家凑合着看吧。。。
Abroad
I'm not a great writer, and I still don't know why I wrote this in English - a language I'm not quite comfortable with... Maybe it's because my mother will scream her head off if she sees me practicing Chinese... Or maybe I just used this language so my parents cannot invade my privacy...
I feel sorry for this piece of paper that I'm torturing... It is no longer smooth after erasing and reediting for the thousandth time...
Self - introduction first.
After flapping through the dictionary, I came up with a lot of words for my ID translation. I was amazed by the variety of words I’ve found. Imperturbable and relentless are both somewhat related to callous, but those two have very different meanings. I guess the word “callous” expresses my ID the best, and I chose it to be the name of the account that I will be creating in the near future.
I am just an average kid. The best description I can think of to describe myself is “average figures, average features, and not extremely bright.” I think the way all kids my age do, and act the same. There’s nothing special about me, but the funny thing is I actually want to keep it that way.
Being the only child of the family, I guess you can say I’m spoiled. Not a spoiled brat, just spoiled. I said that I’m ordinary, and I don’t think you can say a spoiled brat is ordinary. ^o^
Great, the intro’s done… Two more sections to go… ^o^
Living abroad can be tough…
Last year I wrote an essay about uprooting in my English class, which is an easy topic for me because I have a lot of experience. Moving to a totally unfamiliar place was bad, but moving to a country that speaks another language is worse. The language became a barrier to my social life, and I was lonely for a while. *Cough cough* Correction, for a long time. ToT
So when one of my friends introduced me to this forum, it became my sanctuary. I think some of you still remember that I left aptx for a while (about 3 months). Friendship was the force that drew me back. (hmm...Am I off topic?)
Toronto is a lovely city. However, I did not fit in. The way I talk, dress, and study is different from everyone elses'. I do not swear; I do not dress to reveal my body parts (= =|||); I study in a different way; I get good marks in math when I can’t even talk properly in English. You get the idea.
I consider myself to be lucky that there is no obvious segregation in Toronto like the U.S had back in the 30s, but students definitely tend to stay within their own circles. Whenever a newcomer comes along, he/she will either join the group or stay outside – there is nowhere in between. And of course, the unfortunate souls categorized as “social outcasts” will befriend with each other. People who wish to live in a society must follow the rules, so I stayed with my Chinese friends until both of them moved away. Those two, of course, are my real friends – we trust each other. As you all know, I am a born gentleman *cough*. I am polite to others and I respect others, but it does not mean that I trust everyone down the street. If I put trust in a relationship, that relationship is not easily broken.
Anyway, back to topic. My two best friends moved, and my life goes on. After several months, I moved to the city I’m living in right now. My new school has a comfortable environment – the students here do not stay in one group. Sure, they do hang around with a number of “fixed” friends, but talking to a member outside of their group is not unacceptable. Maybe it’s just me, but showing unnecessary friendliness towards people in another group seems to be against the law in Toronto.
Now I can say that my life is pretty satisfactory. I go to an ordinary school and live my ordinary life. I watch InuYasha (if I get a chance) and come here everyday. Nothing is special about me, but in exchange I get to relax, something that I can hardly ever do before I came to Canada.
Uprooting may be very difficult, but there is always a way to overcome it. Always look on the bright side, me hearties *cough cough* (Why do I have to humiliate myself in front of everyone? Why? ToT), things are already the way they are and grieving n’ complaining won’t do anything about it.
Canada is a peaceful country, and I hope people like it. (Hmm…actually, if you don’t like this country it’s okay with me, just don’t hate it cuz hatred can’t get you far.) Living abroad is difficult, and for me it’s an excellent experience.
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