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4月25日

4月19日反藏独集会

4月19日,春光明媚。上午完成了购物后,我和老婆急急赶到国会旁边的upper senate park,
参加反藏独,抗议媒体歪曲报道的集会。集会从中午就开始了,我们两点半才赶到。出地铁的时候,就看见三三两两中国学生模样的年轻人在赶乘地铁离开。他们满
头是汗,脸晒得通红,我们就怀疑集会是不是要结束了?出了地铁站上了街,往集会地点走的时候,不得了,看见更多的穿着爱国T恤,脸颊上印着国旗的中国人正
在离开。心理那个忐忑啊,莫非我们真的错过了这历史的一刻?

还好不远,不到10分钟就来到了一个大草坪,远处人生鼎沸,还看不清详情,但是看见草坪角落三三两两的警察,知道就是这里了!也终于放心了:我们没来晚。

大约几百人聚集在草坪上,满眼红旗飘扬,自从出国以来,还真是第一次在美国看到这种场景,还是有点激动的。





人数不算多,比起LA可是少多了。不过气氛还不错, 一大群人举着国旗和揭露西藏暴乱真相的宣传板,面向街道,有人经过时就喊口号。不过说实话,那天的行人可真少。一是本来分配给我们的地方在国会旁边的僻静公园,不是面对national mall的热闹地段。二是那天据说有纳粹组织的游行,很多的注意力都被吸引到那边去了。老实说,80%以上的时间大家都是在自娱自乐。

我和老婆几天特意都穿了翻箱倒柜找出来的红色的T恤,显示我们的爱国之心。



在春日的阳光下,大家友好的互相招呼,交流反藏独的体会。碰见好多熟人,熟悉的不熟悉的,今天都为了同样的目标走到了一起:反对藏独,支持奥运。一对很有缘分的四川老乡兼朋友即将离开DC,合影留念。



最后组织者让大家用身体形成一个anti-cnn的标记。就是先在草地上组成一个CNN,让后在CNN上划一个红叉。因为我和老婆穿得是红色衣服,于是被征召来组成这个红叉。


总的来说,这是一次小规模的,气氛相对祥和的抗议集会。虽然来参观的美国人不多,但是我们中国人自己感受到危机来临时团结的力量。这,就足够了!

另外几个关于DC集会的链接

组织方:

http://www.chinesewithoutborders.org/en/

图片

http://picasaweb.google.com/luo1997/DCRally419

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifting/sets/72157604629621937/


4月9日

What do you want from Us?

Found this poem from an internet forum.

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"What do you want from Us?"

- A Poem Dedicated to the last 150 years of this planet.
By a Slient, Silent Chinese.

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When We were called Sick man of Asia, We were called The Peril.
When We are billed to be the next Superpower, We are called The threat.

When We were closed our doors, You smuggled Drugs to Open Markets.
When We Embrace Freed Trade, You blame us for Taking away your jobs.


When We were falling apart, You marched in your troops and wanted your "fair share".
When We were putting the broken peices together again, "Free Tibet" you screamed, "it was an invasion!"

( When Woodrow Wilson Couldn't give back Birth Place of Confucius back to Us,
But He did bought a ticket for the Famine Relief Ball for us.)

So, We Tried Communism, You hated us for being Communists
When We embrace Capitalism, You hate us for being Capitalist.

When We have a Billion People, you said we were destroying the planet.
When We are tried limited our numbers, you said It was human rights abuse.

When We were Poor, You think we are dogs.
When We Loan you cash, You blame us for your debts.

When We build our industries, You called us Polluters.
When we sell you goods, You blame us for global warming.

When We buy oil, You called that exploitation and Genocide.
When You fight for oil, You called that Liberation.

When We were lost in Chaos and rampage, You wanted Rules of Law for us.
When We uphold law and order against Violence, You called that Violating Human Rights.

When We were silent, You said you want us to have Free Speech.
When We were silent no more, You say we were Brainwashed-Xenophoics. 

Why do you hate us so much? We asked.
"No," You Answered, "We don't hate You."

We don't Hate You either,
But Do you understand us? 

"Of course We do," You said,
"We have AFP, CNN and BBCs..."

What do you really want from us?
Think Hard first, then Answer...

Because you only get so many chances,
Enough is Enough, Enough Hypocrisy for this one world.

We want One World, One Dream, And Peace On Earth.
- This Big Blue Earth is Big Enough for all of Us.


4月5日

终于搬家了

终于离开胡椒树农场(peppertree farm)了! 太高兴了!
在过去的一年里,我们被楼上的邻居重度骚扰,常常是夜不能寐。曾经几次有半夜冲上去理论或打人的冲动。这个恶邻居,每天半夜3点回家后,还经常整夜不睡,一直折腾到早上6,7点。在夜深人静的夜里,头顶的咚咚的脚步,和吱呀作响的地板简直能把人逼疯。和此人交涉数次,人家还不高兴了:"怎么就你们抱怨?我也被楼上的人吵,也没抱怨啊!" 他也不想想,他半夜三更回家的时候,他楼上的邻居早睡了,能吵着他吗? 最后还是老婆提议,把床从卧室搬到了客厅,才勉强能够入睡。
 
终于挨到了三月底,我们迫不及待的开始搬家了。 新家其实就在最多一个英里以外。一年以前就想住这里,但是因为种种原因没有如愿。这次他们正巧有时间合适的房间,而且满足我的要求:顶楼, 水泥地板! 看还有谁能吵到我们!
 
搬家从礼拜六开始。汲取上次找搬家公司做全套的教训,这次我们自己去uhaul租了一辆卡车,然后从uhaul的网站上找了两个人做帮手。他们不出卡车,只出人手,我们按小时给他们付费。 中午12点半,两个体力民工(一个老黑,一个老莫)居然开着一辆BMW X5来了。想到我在google工作的朋友也不过是买了一辆二手X5,开来我们这些IT民工和体力民工的收入已经没有多少差别了。
 
搬家总的来说还是顺利的。没想到的是我们俩杂七杂八的东西还挺多。原计划两个小时搬完,结果搞了3个半小时。不过那两个民工可没磨洋工,确实一直在卖力的干活。
 
新的公寓不大,草坪也少多了。好处是没有很多满地乱窜的小孩,安静了很多。更让我们惊喜的是,公寓居然提供狗狗的waste bag,质量还挺好。这一个礼拜以来,我们终于有了久违的高质量的睡眠。感谢神哪!