今天碰巧读到的一首小诗。非常有意思。
03/14/1933
Each day you didn't enjoy wasn't yours:
You just got through it. Whatever you live
Without enjoying, you don't live.
You don't have to love or drink or smile.
The sun's reflection in a puddle of water
Is enough, if it pleases you.
Happy those who, placing their delight
In slight things, are never deprived
Of each day's natural fortune!
你不喜欢的每一天不是你的：
你仅仅度过了它。无论你过着什么样的
没有喜悦的生活，你都没有生活。
你无须去爱，或者去饮酒或者微笑。
阳光倒映在水坑里
就足够了，如果它令你愉悦。
幸福的人，把他们的欢乐
放在微小的事物里，永远也不会剥夺
属于每一天的、天然的财富。
Fernando Pessoa
(June 13, 1888 – November 30, 1935), was a Portuguese poet, writer,
literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, described as one
of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of
the greatest poets in the Portuguese language.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
A Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson
http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/collections/childs_garden_of_verses.html
To Alison Cunningham
From Her Boy
For the long nights you lay awake
And watched for my unworthy sake:
For your most comfortable hand
That led me through the uneven land:
For all the story-books you read:
For all the pains you comforted:
For all you pitied, all you bore,
In sad and happy days of yore:--
My second Mother, my first Wife,
The angel of my infant life--
From the sick child, now well and old,
Take, nurse, the little book you hold!
And grant it, Heaven, that all who read
May find as dear a nurse at need,
And every child who lists my rhyme,
In the bright, fireside, nursery clime,
May hear it in as kind a voice
As made my childish days rejoice!
And watched for my unworthy sake:
For your most comfortable hand
That led me through the uneven land:
For all the story-books you read:
For all the pains you comforted:
For all you pitied, all you bore,
In sad and happy days of yore:--
My second Mother, my first Wife,
The angel of my infant life--
From the sick child, now well and old,
Take, nurse, the little book you hold!
And grant it, Heaven, that all who read
May find as dear a nurse at need,
And every child who lists my rhyme,
In the bright, fireside, nursery clime,
May hear it in as kind a voice
As made my childish days rejoice!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Dominoes
Dear Axi and Berber,
Tomorrow, our first box of dominoes will arrive. What should we do? Here are some videos.
Dominoes tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXtDChNB3gc
Mini dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGo1IG-X4c
128,000 Dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7Ep3U06Nc
Let us play,
Happy Daddy
Tomorrow, our first box of dominoes will arrive. What should we do? Here are some videos.
Dominoes tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXtDChNB3gc
Mini dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaGo1IG-X4c
128,000 Dominoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E7Ep3U06Nc
Let us play,
Happy Daddy
Monday, September 22, 2014
"亚洲鲤"泛滥成灾，美国欲花180亿修巨坝
鲤鱼、青鱼、草鱼、鲢鱼…8种亚洲鱼类被美国视为
最危险外来鱼种，尤其是鲤鱼在美国没有天敌，有的长到1米多长50公斤重，严重威胁生态。美国欲花180亿美元修巨型堤坝，防止鲤鱼进入五大湖区。近日，美国专家组团访华研究中美联手治鲤。
http://www.wkyc.com/videos/news/local/2014/09/13/15576551/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Bf0WhvsNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc-e8EGkLMo
http://www.wkyc.com/videos/news/local/2014/09/13/15576551/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Bf0WhvsNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc-e8EGkLMo
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Thursday, September 18, 2014
2014/09/18
"I might be the underdog right now. But, I am scrappy. I will fight for a privilege to please please cook in this kitchen."
- Elise Mayfield, Master Chef Season 5 Ep. 1
- Elise Mayfield, Master Chef Season 5 Ep. 1
Monday, September 8, 2014
09/08 homework
My Dear Axi,
How is your day?
When you are ready, I would love to see that you could use 10min to write one exciting thing/moment happened in school today.
Have you taken a look at my previous homework? How do you think? Can we talk about it together?
Today, my coworker Marcin back from his vacation. He told me that his wife had been detained at the immigration office in an airport for many hours when she traveled from Poland to New York. Her flight arrived midnight and Marcin had been waiting till early morning. At the end, Marcin called 911 and found where his wife was. It was a big surprise.
Daddy
How is your day?
When you are ready, I would love to see that you could use 10min to write one exciting thing/moment happened in school today.
Have you taken a look at my previous homework? How do you think? Can we talk about it together?
Today, my coworker Marcin back from his vacation. He told me that his wife had been detained at the immigration office in an airport for many hours when she traveled from Poland to New York. Her flight arrived midnight and Marcin had been waiting till early morning. At the end, Marcin called 911 and found where his wife was. It was a big surprise.
Daddy
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Imogene "Teddy" Hill (1927-2003)
Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs called her "saint". She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Her bury site is in section 60 near York DR. 14th row from Eisenhower DR. 3rd from York DR.
Quote:
pp.17-18: Steve was also a strong-willed and refused to do schoolwork that he considered a waste of time. If it weren't for his fourth grade teacher, Steve may have had an entirely different future. The teacher, Imogene "Teddy" Hill, recognized how bright Steve was and found ways to motivate him to do his work. "I really want you to finish this workbook," she would tell him, "I'll give you five bucks if you finish it." The little bribes, along with Teddy's encouragement and her belief in his ability, changed Steve's study habits. He started performing brilliantly. Steve did so well in fourth grade that his teachers recommended he skip fifth grade. "I'm 100% sure that if it hadn't been for Mrs. Hill in fourth grade and a few others, I absolutely would have ended up in jail," Steve said years later.
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Imogene "Teddy" Hill was to be buried today alongside her husband at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Born Feb. 26, 1927, in Fairbank, Pa., she died Sept. 4, 2003, at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento with her family by her side. She was 78 years old.
She had a rich heritage of interest in education, service to and a love for others throughout her life. She was featured in Neighbors Magazine in 1991 and was quoted as saying, "The four big things for me are my family and friends, the stage, teaching and real estate. Those have been the fabric of my life."
As a child of 3, she acted on the vaudeville stages of Pittsburgh, Pa. She was Little Imogene, a diminutive bundle of energy, who tried to steal the show from the likes of Cab Calloway and Dick Powell. She and her brother Aldino, also a dancer, entertained as a brother/sister act on local stages in and around the Pittsburgh area.
During World War II, she studied at Temple University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1946. While there, she starred in a production of "Junior Miss" and was awarded a listing of "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities."
In 1949, she married a young West Point graduate from the Class of 1946, Steven Hilovsky. He later changed his name to Hill. She traveled with him around the world on assignments.
>From 1962 to 1964 they lived in Palo Alto, where she taught elementary school in the Whisman School District in Mountain View. One of her students was Steven Jobs, founder of Apple Computer Corp. Jobs, who was in her fourth-grade class, called her "one of the saints in my life," and has credited her with being a strong influence in his success.
After their assignment in Mountain View, the Hills traveled to the island of Guam. While there, she produced and directed a production of the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie." Upon returning to California, she taught at Del Dayo Elementary School in Sacramento's San Juan Unified School District, where her daughter, Karen Hill Garman, now teaches art.
Mrs. Hill also enrolled at UC Davis. In the early 1970s, while in her 50s, she earned a master of arts degree. She also studied in India and was named a Fulbright Scholar in 1976.
In 1977, she was recognized for her many achievements and dedication to teaching by being selected by the California Teachers Association as the San Juan School District's Teacher of the Year.
More recently, she had been a real estate entrepreneur and a civic leader in North Sacramento, a community for which she had long fought, in hopes of having it achieve what she described as "its ultimate potential."
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Steven Hill, who died March 14, 1989, and her brother, Aldino Guerrieri of Mechanicsburg, Pa., who died in 2001.
She is survived by a brother, Robert Guerrieri and his wife Gloria of Lower Burrell, Pa.; a sister-in-law, Ruth Guerrieri of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; a daughter, Karen Hill Garman of Davis; two sons, Steven E. Hill and Richard Hill and his wife Ruby; and five grandchildren, Steven Morgan Garman, Flannery Hill, Jonas Hill, Lee Ann Hill and Virginia Hill.
Private services were to be held today at Arlington National Cemetery.
(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Friday, September 19, 2003, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)
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Section 60
Grave 1572
intersection: York Dr and Eisenhower Dr.
Quote:
My mother taught me to read before I went to school, so I was pretty bored in school, and I turned into a little terror. You should have seen us in third grade. We basically destroyed our teacher. We would let snakes loose in the classroom and explode bombs. Things changed in the fourth grade, though. One of the saints in my life is this woman named Imogene Hill, who was a fourth-grade teacher who taught this advanced class. She got hip to my whole situation in about a month and kindled a passion in me for learning things. I learned more that year than I think I learned in any year in school.
Steve Jobs, 1985"Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple" by Anthony Imbimbo
pp.17-18: Steve was also a strong-willed and refused to do schoolwork that he considered a waste of time. If it weren't for his fourth grade teacher, Steve may have had an entirely different future. The teacher, Imogene "Teddy" Hill, recognized how bright Steve was and found ways to motivate him to do his work. "I really want you to finish this workbook," she would tell him, "I'll give you five bucks if you finish it." The little bribes, along with Teddy's encouragement and her belief in his ability, changed Steve's study habits. He started performing brilliantly. Steve did so well in fourth grade that his teachers recommended he skip fifth grade. "I'm 100% sure that if it hadn't been for Mrs. Hill in fourth grade and a few others, I absolutely would have ended up in jail," Steve said years later.
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Imogene "Teddy" Hill was to be buried today alongside her husband at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Born Feb. 26, 1927, in Fairbank, Pa., she died Sept. 4, 2003, at Kaiser Hospital in Sacramento with her family by her side. She was 78 years old.
She had a rich heritage of interest in education, service to and a love for others throughout her life. She was featured in Neighbors Magazine in 1991 and was quoted as saying, "The four big things for me are my family and friends, the stage, teaching and real estate. Those have been the fabric of my life."
As a child of 3, she acted on the vaudeville stages of Pittsburgh, Pa. She was Little Imogene, a diminutive bundle of energy, who tried to steal the show from the likes of Cab Calloway and Dick Powell. She and her brother Aldino, also a dancer, entertained as a brother/sister act on local stages in and around the Pittsburgh area.
During World War II, she studied at Temple University in Philadelphia, graduating in 1946. While there, she starred in a production of "Junior Miss" and was awarded a listing of "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities."
In 1949, she married a young West Point graduate from the Class of 1946, Steven Hilovsky. He later changed his name to Hill. She traveled with him around the world on assignments.
>From 1962 to 1964 they lived in Palo Alto, where she taught elementary school in the Whisman School District in Mountain View. One of her students was Steven Jobs, founder of Apple Computer Corp. Jobs, who was in her fourth-grade class, called her "one of the saints in my life," and has credited her with being a strong influence in his success.
After their assignment in Mountain View, the Hills traveled to the island of Guam. While there, she produced and directed a production of the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie." Upon returning to California, she taught at Del Dayo Elementary School in Sacramento's San Juan Unified School District, where her daughter, Karen Hill Garman, now teaches art.
Mrs. Hill also enrolled at UC Davis. In the early 1970s, while in her 50s, she earned a master of arts degree. She also studied in India and was named a Fulbright Scholar in 1976.
In 1977, she was recognized for her many achievements and dedication to teaching by being selected by the California Teachers Association as the San Juan School District's Teacher of the Year.
More recently, she had been a real estate entrepreneur and a civic leader in North Sacramento, a community for which she had long fought, in hopes of having it achieve what she described as "its ultimate potential."
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Steven Hill, who died March 14, 1989, and her brother, Aldino Guerrieri of Mechanicsburg, Pa., who died in 2001.
She is survived by a brother, Robert Guerrieri and his wife Gloria of Lower Burrell, Pa.; a sister-in-law, Ruth Guerrieri of Mechanicsburg, Pa.; a daughter, Karen Hill Garman of Davis; two sons, Steven E. Hill and Richard Hill and his wife Ruby; and five grandchildren, Steven Morgan Garman, Flannery Hill, Jonas Hill, Lee Ann Hill and Virginia Hill.
Private services were to be held today at Arlington National Cemetery.
(Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Friday, September 19, 2003, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>;. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)
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Section 60
Grave 1572
intersection: York Dr and Eisenhower Dr.
Monday, September 1, 2014
09/01 homework
1. Tim-elapse photo from LAX.
How many airlines are there in this picture?
Could you please figure out their names and countries?
2. Please take a look at this video.
What do you see?
How do you feel?
How many airlines are there in this picture?
Could you please figure out their names and countries?
2. Please take a look at this video.
What do you see?
How do you feel?
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