February 2020 - You Write

Wenzhou’s Family of Four 温州一家四口

February 27, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

I have just written the first (of many-to-come) trilingual (English, Chinese, Maori) children’s e-book basing on the recent Chinese TV drama entitled “Family on the Go 温州一家人.” The story is about the fates of the four members of a family in a Chinese provincial town of Wen Zhou - Father, Mother, Son, and Daughter. The following is just an excerpt from the book to show you a sample of the result. This e-book is available free of charge to all of my friends from Facebook and from Linkedin. Simply contact me with your email address and I shall post this […]

Matariki, the Maori New Year 毛利元旦

February 23, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Te tau hou = New Year; o te iwi Maori iwi = of the Maori people! Matariki! Te tau hou =新年；iwi =毛利族！ Matariki！ He was talking and drawing stars on the whiteboard. He was talking and writing out the names of the stars on the whiteboard. His back was facing us and therefore we were not able to listen properly. Worse, his colored felt pens, both the blue and the red, ran thin of ink, making it hard for us to read those Maori names of the various stars like Uru-aa-rangi; Waipuna-aa-rangi; Matariki; Waitaa; Waitii; Tupu-aa-rangi and Tupu-aa-nuku. 他在白板上说话和画星星。他正在谈论并在白板上写下星星的名字。他的背对着我们，因此我们无法正确收听。更糟糕的是，他的彩色毡笔（蓝色和红色）墨水稀薄，使我们很难读取Uru-aa-rangi等各种恒星的毛利名字。 Waipuna-aa-rangi; […]

Harsh Light 苛刻的光

February 18, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

“The Officer who drove her home (no siren, no flashing lights) walks around the police car to open the passenger door.” Caught your attention? That was how her last published poem started. Shall I continue to complete this piece of her poetry before commenting further? You bet I will !!! “He offers his arm, escorts her along the bewildering pathway. At the porch steps, she stops, slides her arm from his, turns, sweetly confused, leans her wrinkled cheek against his uniformed chest. He steadies her, a gentle touch of elbow. She wobbles up on tip-toe, bestows a goodnight kiss below […]

Writing A Book for Toddlers 写给幼儿的书

February 8, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

My youngest grandson, two years and a half young was with me in a restaurant the other day. As usual, he was full of energy. He was restless in his baby chair. So I took him off his chair for a walk around the restaurant. This was always my usual manner to divert his attention. And, as usual, I talked with him as we walk along the aisles. “Ye, Ye, …” I said. “Ye, Ye,” he responded as his way of acknowledgment of his paternal grandfather in the Cantonese language. “There are no swimming fishes in tanks here,” I said […]

Chess 4 February 2020

February 4, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

The chess match this morning ends up with White winning on Move # 20. Black has three Blunder-Moves compared to White’s none. White has seven Excellent Moves compared to Black’s 2. Both players have six Good Moves each. Let us analyze the moves together with the help of chess.com 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 d4 exd4 White: d4 Inaccurate Bc4 4 Qxd4 Nc6 5 Qc4 d6 Black: d5 Inaccurate Bb4 The Chessboard after Move # 3. The opening moves are traditional with the e4 e5 and the Nc3 and Nf6 start. Note that the Move by White at […]

Job - A Modern version of the Story: 约白的现代的故事

February 2, 2020 FLAI40 Leave a comment

Mr. Job Li is not his real name. But this story is based on the true story of the life of a faithful Christian person who lives in Singapore. 李承谋不是他的真名。但是，这个故事是根据一个生活在新加坡的虔诚基督徒的真实故事改编的。NOTE: A full version of this story in Chinese will be posted later. Since time immemorial, our Almighty God had set up a team of four of His angels charged with the sole responsibility of developing and strengthening the Christian faith of His people. This responsibility also included the testing of a Christian’s faith in God. This story is therefore about the testing of the faith of this person, Job […]

Corona Virus 冠状病毒

February 1, 2020 FLAI40 4 comments

Thanks to cousin Steven Chee for the following article. I find this helpful in the current circumstance that I need to relate to my readers immediately with my own comments after that. 感谢表弟Steven Chee的以下文章。在当前情况下，我发现这很有帮助，在此之后，我需要立即通过自己的评论与读者建立联系。 “The virus cell is pretty large in size, about 400-500nm in diameter. Therefore any normal mask should be able to filter the virus out. However, when an infected person sneezes in front of you, the viruses from his mouth will take time to settle to the ground. During the time when the viruses are airborne, there is a danger of other persons being infected. 病毒细胞的大小相当大，直径约为400-500nm。因此，任何普通口罩都应该能够将病毒过滤掉。但是，当被感染的人在您面前打喷嚏时，从他嘴中出来的病毒将需要一些时间才能沉降到地面。在病毒传播过程中，存在他人感染的危险。 Coronavirus […]