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    6/9/2009

    Happy birthday, mommy!

    Dedicated a song to my mom and wish her a happy birthday tomorrow!

      

    Its also available for download:


    5/22/2009

    music demo

    Me playing two of Avril Lavigne's songs. Not enough time to make them perfect, messed up the middle a little bit...



    5/3/2009

    Bowen Island trip + recent thoughts

    昨天去了Bowen  Island,感觉不错,把Island的东面都玩了,因为时间关系,还来不及到西边的beach去,唉,可惜啊。。。我们花了一整天走了2条trail(Killarney LakeDorman Point),差不多8公里的路,沿路景色还不错,鸟语花香。ok。。。接下来的plan是如果时间允许,每星期去一个地点,彻底explore B.C.,就按照supervisor给我的玩乐建议(她第一天认识我就问我有没有去explore Vancouver。。。)。

    准备搭船咯
    From Bowen Island

    弹指神通(video)
    From Bowen Island

    今天朋友发我一张4年前的照片,吓了一跳。。。竟然。。。唉,时间真的可以改变一个人,4年前的今天疯狂得很,现在老了,做很多事已力不从心,累得很,但我相信自己很快就能找到突破点,蜕变到人生的下一阶段。但庆幸的是相片中的大家 (图中为Alex,Nick,我,sisi,bibi)都平安无事,都在为自己的前途奔波劳碌。感谢Nick一直保存着这张照片并在适当的时候发给我。

    4年前在某游乐场
    From Others

    最近配备了一个guitar accessory,是Guitar Rig Mobile,哈哈,我的electric acoustic guitar终于可以连上电脑啦!现在感觉就像一个音乐制作人,可以高质量地录下自己的作品,附一demo:

            

    More photos (still uploading) are available in my new Picasa Web Albums:

            
    4/23/2009

    an answer

    终于把thesis的初稿写好了,是时候把一些事情画上句号,给大家一个回应。

    前一阵子一直被簇拥着做一件很不适合群体做的事,很crazy!尽管结果不如人意,但觉得这是一次很好的人生经历。非常感谢各位友人的支持与帮助!这当中还认证了一件事,舆论的力量真的很大。最初只有2个人知道的事情,很奇怪地,最后发展到十人参与其中。这是很不应该的!本来事情是natural and beautiful的,最后味儿都变了。。。每当我跟别人聊天,总是被带到这话题上。每当我下一个决定,总是要考虑很多。每当我想把话说清楚,总是欲言又止。有人问我是不是要把事情“让全世界都知道”,后来想了一下,答案是yes,因为非常ironic,这本来就是全世界都知道的事,尽管not meant to be。。。

    之前事情总是被一拖再拖,以至于我被经常说像一个coward。Whatever…但我想说的是,在舆论的压力下,当我还没有搞清楚什么是自己想要的时候(请看“lost”一文),按兵不动是最好的选择,这不是没有勇气的表现,不顾后果地拼命往前冲绝对是匹夫之勇。直到之前发了一轮神经(请看 “the reason of depression”一文),我才掌握什么是眼下最重要的 (请看“my recent update (in Chinese)”一文)。

    其实,我心里对这些帮助我的人一直是感激的,尽管有些人后来变阵了。。。同时我也感到自己很lucky,在遥远的加国还能有这样一群buddies簇拥着。我知道大家心里都很替我着急,替我制造了很多机会,陪我喝过很多coffee聊心事,一切我都看在眼里,放在心上了。(感觉又被别人恨铁不成钢,哇,顿时压力很大,本来我就是一块烂木。。。)可是这件事本来真的只适合由我一个人来承担,但一切已太晚。。。如果有如果,我还是想以自己的方式走一回,label it as Owen’s masterpiece,即使是被狠狠地摔一回。另外我也不会怪那些变阵的人,因为这也是很正常的,人心所向本来就如潮水,有涨也有退。老妈常跟我说,如果你能让你身边1%的人都支持你,你已经很成功,看来我还要再接再厉,增强自己的魅力值啊。。。

    我看到人性好的一面,当然也看到其极度阴暗的一面。这可能是让事情变得复杂难搞的原因。我经常跟某人讨论,为什么我每走一步都这么艰难,像有千斤重压着。。。但说真的,我还是比较欣赏不完美的东西,因为如果没有这种强烈的对比,人就会变得犯贱而不去珍惜眼前拥有的东西。事件过程中不乏造谣生事唯恐天下不乱的,自以为很聪明成熟但实际上愚蠢幼稚的很的,强加自己意愿到别人身上的。请各位不要对号入座哦,如有雷同,纯属巧合。。。每个人有每个人的选择,根本就没有错与对,即使被对号入座了(包括我自己),也不一定是件坏事,成长需要时间跟代价。大家看了不要BS我啊,a true friend or a faked one,your choice~

    唉,最近真的meet到很多shitty people,不jian的都不出现,希望赶快结束。。。眼看呆在UBC的时间也不多了,就让我尽最后的努力吧~

    4/19/2009

    【转】2009最贱的话

    朋友发我一个link, 看了一下,超搞的,题为"2009最贱的话",enjoy~
    1. 我的优点是:我很帅;但是我的缺点是:我帅的不明显。
    2. 谈钱不伤感情,谈感情最他妈伤钱。
    3. 我诅咒你一辈子买方便面没有调料包。
    4. 会计说:“你晚点来领工资吧,我这没零钱。”
    5. 虽然你身上喷了古龙水,但我还是能隐约闻到一股人渣味儿。
    6. 有一次我上街,一群女孩把我拦住,她们说我帅,我不承认,她们就打我,还说我虚伪。
    7. 冲杯三鹿给党喝。
    8. 史上最神秘的部门:有关部门。
    9. 我这辈子只有两件事不会:这也不会,那也不会。
    10. 人家有的是背景,而我有的是背影。
    11. 别把虾米不当海鲜。
    12. 我是天使,回不去天堂是因为体重的原因。
    13. 泡妞就像挂QQ,每天哄她2个小时,很快就可以太阳了。
    14. 骗子太多,傻子明显不够用了。
    15. 你的手机比话费还便宜。
    16. 不怕偷儿带工具,就怕偷儿懂科技!
    17. 有空学风水去,死后占个好墓也算弥补了生前买不起好房的遗憾。
    4/14/2009

    my recent status (in Chinese)

    终于决定装一个中文输入法, 是Google Pinyin。。。因为发现最近自己的中文书写水平暴降。。。前天在facebook上做了一个广东话文字测试,得了个0分(看到朋友中最高的是119分,哇。。。),有点担心,好像已经是广东话文盲了,会讲不会写。。。然后又一直被爸爸跟朋友complain不用中文(妈妈以前是英文老师,虽有不习惯,但还能接受),所以一气之下在家中的另一台机上装了个输入法。因为机器不常带在身边,中文聊天供应时间为每天9:30pm后。请提醒我用中文啊!

    update开始: 经过两周的休息,要开始foucs on thesis writing了。发现剩下时间不多,May 15th要去做part time,June 1st要正式上班,所以要把一些该完成的事情完成,该结束的事情结束,该玩的东西玩了。争取在June前稳定下来。然后昨天又莫名其妙的收到一个interview的机会,地点是加州的Brea。刷了一下该公司的网页,有点破,然后就不想去了。。。但做的东西还好,都是自己想做会做的。最近看了个报道,说美国现在少发了很多H-1B,不但数量少,而且还要抽签。然后就更加不想去了(其实美国也不是想象中这么好,主要是太拽了,lab里还有不少人是从美国过来的呢。。。)。

    最近又跟人打了一下Street Fighter 4,K得很爽,暂时还找不到对手,sigh。。。无敌是最寂寞的。。。征三颗星以上的对手。。。

    昨天在YouTube上看了些猫的video,例如这只:

                  

    超想自己养一只,但考虑到现在生活不稳定,可能会养一只死两只,还是等settle down了在说吧。。。

    现在怎么写一遍中文的blog都这么困难。。。竟花了一个多小时。。。还是英文用的舒服啊。。。
    4/6/2009

    the reason of depression

    You are reluctant to do anything constructive when you are not sure whether what you are doing is what you are looking for. Most of the time you become such a loser and don't see any hope. You are freaking out of your mind and lack the courage of continuing with it. You are pretty lost and lose your dignity, ambition and creativity. Then it comes the feelings of depression...However, you might suddenly find out, you still like the old you and its not too bad to give it a try, even there won't be a good ending. Then the depression is gone! And you find yourself listening to this song and feel gratitude with what you have got so far and that you have gone this far...
    4/1/2009

    sold myself to a company

    Finally I have sold myself to a company...with low price...a week ago I was still wondering whether I should take the offer for the fear that I made the "wrong" decision again. Believe or not, people who care about me and I care about are constantly being hurt by my decisions. I have seen enough tears and disappointed faces... Thats why I am so afraid of making any big decision nowadays...

    I was suggested to weight the advantages and the disadvantages. Although I know what I would choose in the end when getting to know the offer, I still did the assignment. Results are as followed with the ratings behind (1-5):

    Advantages:
    1. Continuing my career without any pause. Since the company requires me to work part-time from May 15th and then full-time from June 1st, there won't be any gap between my graduation date and the first date at work. (4)
    2. The company has a good team. I like the team a lot and the technologies they use. From what I saw in the company, the team members are happy to help their teammates and the working environment is quite enjoyable. Having been through a pretty bad cooperation in my thesis project, a good team, at this point, really means to me. (5)
    3. The timing of the offer. Considering the economy breakdown with millions of people losing their jobs (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/03/us/20090303_LEONHARDT.html), being able to get a job offer today is more than a blessing. (5)
    4. The company locates in downtown Vancouver. Although I have been to few places in Canada, Vancouver is definitely way much better than Ottawa in my opinion (you won't believe how cold Ottawa is). Besides, I really like the summer of Vancouver and its one of the best seasons I have ever seen in life. (4)
    Disadvantages:
    1. No break between my graduation date and my first date at work. I still haven't been to Hawaii!! (4)
    2. Low salary. The salary I get is way less than what a master student should. Probably this is because of the economy breakdown?? (5)
    3. A three-month probation period. I don't really like the three-month probation period in the company, they will evaluate me for three months before officially hiring me and that gives me lots of pressures. (3)
    4. A change of environment and life style. People keep telling me when you are at work, you will be drown in the material world and can't easily get back, e.g. alcohol in a pub and socialize with colleagues every week until you finally build up a family and stuff like that. Well... (4)
    5. The chance of meeting with friends. Since everybody works in different environments, the chance of often meeting with each other in the future is slim. The party is over... (5)
    6. I have to eat lunch and dinner alone!!! (5)
    7. an untellable reason. So depressed with it... (5)
    So the average point of the advantages (AVT) is 4.5 with the standard deviation of 0.58, while the average point of the disadvantages (DAVT) is 4.43 with the standard deviation of 0.79. Assuming 5 is the best choice, AVT is slightly better than DAVT by 1.4% ((4.5-4.43)/5*100%).

    Well...then I sold myself to the company...end of analysis!
    3/24/2009

    Papa Roach's newest kick-ass album "Metamorphosis"

    The first single is Hollywood Whore (for this video, cool stuff starts at 2:45', bloody! If you are not sure who they are talking about, check it out here). The second single is Lifeline. The album sounds pretty evil on the whole but I just like it :) . Click here to listen more. They still kick ass though the band replaced the drummer.

    3/16/2009

    lost...

    Suddenly find that I am pretty lost these days. Sometimes I don't even realize what I am doing and why. I don't even know what I am capable of anymore...Being injected with so many ideas, I feel that I keep setting up obstacles myself and am gradually walking away from any plans. From my pass experiences, its really really dangerous when you can't be yourself and do what you want.

    I really need to sit down and think for days about this issue: What should I do next? What should be put on the map and what should not? Who am I? Whats the new plan if the old one is deprecated?
    3/10/2009

    list of cartoon theme songs

    I have been fascinated by some cartoon theme songs lately (I am also watching them Smile). It feels good to take a break from metal music and enjoy something light from Japan sometimes .

    Aqua Timez - Velonica (Bleach)
       
         
    Yuna Ito - Trust You (Gundam 00)
           

    Inoue Joe - CLOSER (Naruto)
             

    The following is not from any cartoon, but I still like it and tentatively learn to play it.

    Aqua Timez - 奏であい
             

    BTW, I finally found 4 people who are interested and am forming a team to reinitialize Aurora (http://code.google.com/p/aurorasdk/). Its gonna be fun soon~

    2/20/2009

    The day of Web-based IDEs has come?


    Web-based IDEs to become mainstream? It seems to be the case when Mozilla Bespin and Eclipse headless come into action.

    Actually its not something new and I have been talking about it for some time already. I still remember when I proposed this a year ago, my mates in the bullpen kept questioning me: "What a crazy idea!", "It looks cool, but there are lots of technical issues out there...". Even I mentioned it again to my supervisor yesterday (I have been bugging her for comments to my crap for a long time Smile ), she was still in doubt: "I still can't really imagine developing this way...".

    Thats true! It might be still a bit clumsy to build a huge program through the browser (the Bespin+Eclipse headless solution) and the user experience is awaiting to be improved, but nobody can't resist the fact that, as the progress of Web 2.0, everything will be put on the web. Just give you some exciting evolutions: Microsoft Word -> Google Doc, MSN Live -> GTalk, BTing movies -> Video streaming, etc. And the trend has started to grow several years ago.

    Anyway, great job Mozilla! Looks like the next generation of Eclipse is coming soon (within the next 5 years?). My work is also mentioned as one of the examples here (scroll down to "Aurora SDK"). Open-mouthed

    BTW, I have been listening a lot to Theory of A Dead Man lately (they are from Vancouver as well...). I discovered them through listening to the radio in the car when I was in Ottawa. Here is one of their popular songs. Enjoy~ And Lost is also really really good this season...highly recommended!

    2/16/2009

    Ottawa final update

    As I said before, I was planning to go to Montreal. But still couldn't make it in the end, since Thomas got the stomach flu and nobody drove me there...well, plan changed again! Astonishingly, I was not surprised, probably because most of my experiences in Ottawa were not according to plans, e.g. the original plan of the user study did not work at all and we almost have to redo everything from scratch.

    So...I spent the day exploring Ottawa instead. The trip started with the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Quebec, a French-speaking area. An interesting experience there was people tentatively speak French, and assume you can speak French: a couple asked me whether I could take a photo for them in front of the museum. Instead of using English, they asked it in French. My first intuition was "are there many Asian speaking French in Quebec?". After a second thought, its probably because they are so pound of French that they don't even bother to speak English in daily life.

    You can get an idea of the history of Canada in the museum. Here are some photos:

    1. The model of the first Canadian helicopter

    2. looks like a thunderbird?

    3. ancient Canadian

    4. one of the earliest Chinese association

    5. a church...green roof

    The next stop was the Alexandra bridge.


    You can spot the Parliament from the other side of the river. Does the following picture remind you some scenes from the movie The Lord of the Rings?

    Then I went to the National Gallery of Canada. What impressed me most is the giant spider sitting in front of the gallery:


    After that, I hung around the buildings on Sussex Drive. This is one of the oldest churches existed in Canada:




    Finally, I visited the Royal Canadian Mint. This is where coins are made.


    More photos are available here
       


    2/9/2009

    Ottawa update 3 - Winterlude festival

    I am fortunate enough to stay in Ottawa for its Winterlude festival, which is one of the most important events here. I went to see the ice sculpture and ate beaver tail (believe or not, it just tastes awesome!). Check out what we experienced:

    1. Thomas and I sitting on an ice chair


    2. cellphones inside an ice table, cool!


    3. ice sculpture art 1


    4. ice sculpture art 2


    5. ice sculpture art 3


    6. a movie projected on a building, cool! (this is a video, click to open)


    More are available in my new Picasa web album
    Winterlude Ottawa 2009


    Since I have almost finished the work here, although not as perfectly as I expected (but I tried my best...), I am planning to take a day off to Montreal and have a little fun there Smile. I will be back to Vancouver this Thursday and am in time for the Valentine's day this weekend. So see you guys then~

    2/2/2009

    Ottawa update 2 (in a hurry)

    I happened to have half a day off last weekend and visited the Parliament in Ottawa. Unfortunately I didn't have the time of giving you more detailed descriptions. But the experience was definitely awesome!

    About the user study, since we couldn't gather good data, we tentatively delay the comeback date. Lets pray that won't happen!


    More photos are available from my new Picasa account
    Ottawa



    1/24/2009

    Ottawa trip update 1 - Chinese new year edition

    Jan. 20th, Thomas and I walked out of the International airport of Ottawa. "Are you ready for Ottawa?", he asked. "I really ain't!" I casually answered then I immediately realized I had a good intuition of things as I always do. Because at the next moment, I just exposed to the -20 Celsius coldness and freaked out.

    "Thats a typical Canadian weather. You might try to get used to it!", an IBM folk told me. Thats true! Isn't it what we expect before coming to Canada? Maybe Ottawa is just too Canadian, no matter from weather to culture. Even the bus strike that is happening now (yeah, there is no bus, we have to rent a car!).

    Some pics taking in the IBM Ottawa Lab. Thats where and how I work :)



    Since I will disappear for a while (tentatively show up in the week of Feb. 6th, lets pray!), I endow some of you the rights to check out my YouTube videos when you think of me...you know how to find them since you already did... ;)

    Concerning how to celebrate the Chinese new year, I just hang out with a couple of guys from RIM (Research In Motion) and drank beers in a pub while watching hockey all-star weekends. Of course there were lots of guy's talks among us but those were really fun! Thanks to all the RIM guys!

    Last but not least, happy Chinese New Year to all of ya!


    1/2/2009

    My new family member

    I would like to introduce my new family member "米米乐"! She is a 3 months old Turkish Angora with white and brown. She likes eating chicken meat and climbing trees. She lives with my parents in China. I can't wait to meet her but probably will not make it until May Sad.



    12/31/2008

    Nice cover of Paramore's Decode

     

    Quote

    Talking about YouTube - Paramore Decode
       


    12/28/2008

    AMAZING live by Paramore

    OMG...sounds extreme...

    Quote

    Talking about YouTube - Paramore - Decode LIVE @ Jimmy Kimmel
      

    12/27/2008

    reference - "LiLei和HanMeiMei该结婚了吧"

    Super funny shit! Quoted from http://user.qzone.qq.com/86351653. Enjoy! Smile

    九年义务教育三年制初级中学教科书---英语---第一册(上)
      1994年10月第2版,1996年1月第2次印刷
      
      关于初中英语课本的误区,我一直觉得Miss Gao和Jim Green他爸有一腿,然后LiLei在第一次去Jim他家见到Jim的妹妹Kate Green的时候就心怀不轨```反正我一直特讨厌李雷,觉得此男猥琐虚伪的要命。还有Jim家貌似很有钱的样子,回英国过圣诞节做飞机,家里还有苹果树```对了又想起来一个证据,有一次他们好像学农去摘苹果,韩美美爬在梯子上,Jim就很紧张的在下面喊Be careful!
        
        可是韩美美长了一副那种妇女干部的样子,我也不太喜欢。Lucy和Lily里面我比较喜欢Lily。总觉得lily比较单纯,不像lucy那么有心机。(事实证明是我比较有心机```初中英语课本能联想这么多```)
        
      想起来还是很令人回味的。还记得有篇课文是问个老太太的年龄,她最后的那句话语音像妖精。
      记得 偶当时汗死 她说的是 it is a secret
      
         比较诡异的还有那个什么Uncle Wang,创造了一个什么可以飞的自行车,还有一个合成词叫什么来着?觉得他真是科学怪人。。。最最诡异的是有一个电话号码,6098724,是一个对话里面的,我一直记着,而且脱口就出。。。结果不幸在天涯看到竟然有人和我一样对这个号码念念不忘。。。
        
          脱口而出的还有:How are you? Fine, thank you ,and you? I’m fine too. 我这个土人一直到现在见了人还老忍不住来这一套```觉得不这样简直没法外国人展开交流```印象比较深的还有李雷和jim玩飞盘那次,jim把李雷的头给砸了,当时觉得jim是成心这么做的,因为这个事情发生在借尺子事件没多久之后。
      
      我无比惊喜的发现,竟然狂多人都跟我曾经有过共识,就是Jim喜欢Han Meimei,LiLei也喜欢Han Meimie,但是Lucy喜欢Lilei。我的证据就是有一课,我记得很清楚,“Can I borrow your ruler?”韩美美和李雷坐在第一排,韩美美问李雷借尺子,然后Jim在后面看着他们,眼神十分诡异,就是夹杂着嫉妒,羡慕阴险的目光```然后他旁边坐着Lucy,低着头,我当时觉得是因为Lucy不愿意看到面前的这一幕,因为是女生,不可能象Jim 这么感情外露的```所以委屈的低下头```我当时还和我同桌讨论了半天。
      Li Lei,Han Meimei,和Jim Green缠绵悱恻的爱情故事
          
         这多少让80年代生人有无限的遐思,初中时代的美好回忆又如画卷般展现在了我的眼前。在回忆往昔的时候,我总是很惊叹人民教育出版社的叔叔阿姨们还有那位专到中国来编英语教材的Alexander先生,怎么会起了几个如此经典的名字,让几千万甚至上亿的中国学生反复传诵至今。
          
          读初中时已然有了点朦胧的男女意识,从那时的观点看来,我就觉得英语课本讲述的就是一个缠绵悱恻的爱情故事:HanMeimei是一个美丽大方聪明漂亮的女孩子,而LiLei和Jim,一中一洋;一个帅气活泼,一个潇洒不羁;少女情怀,谁人可知,据我分析小Han是有可能对LiLei芳心暗许了,而另一方面Jim对韩MM又情根深重,无法自拔。
          
          这是有实例为证的:当年韩MM课外劳动摘苹果,和树下的李帅哥眉来眼去有点得意忘形了,此时被冷落一边的Jim大叫一声:“Be careful!”由此,关爱之情可见一斑。而韩MM除了简单报以“Thank you”之外,居然又自得其乐地跟李帅哥开始了聊天……
          
          事情的发展峰回路转,初一下学期,班上转来了两位可爱的加拿大双胞胎——Lucy和Lily,LiLei从此移情别恋,离开了韩MM。综观整个初一下学期,课本上的对话确实以LiLei和双胞胎为主角的居多。此时的韩MM,方才发现了在身边已然默默注视自己有一个学期之久的Jim,从此二人携手走向了幸福的未来```  
          
         感谢岁月,感谢生活,也感谢人的记忆,能让我们总记得一些美好的过去,忘掉当下的一些不快,并能走向幸福的未来(就像Han Meimei和Jim一样)```
        
        
        Li Lei 和 Jim Green的故事
           LiLei,被翻译成李雷,中国男孩,平头短发,喜穿浅色T恤,一看就是那种正统的中国式好学生。不过他并不是那种死板的书呆子,他很喜欢玩,记得有一课里,他拿着球去玩,反而是Jim没做完功课,被关在家里。这种动静结合的性格,使得他在哪儿都吃香,既能和LinTao这样好学的人成为莫逆,也能和Jim这样好动的人成为死party。
        
         Jim Green,全名是James Allen Green,被翻译成吉姆.格林(詹姆斯.艾伦.格林),在中国生活的英国孩子,一头棕色的卷发,喜欢穿深色的T恤,给人的印象是有活力、聪明,但是有些马虎,时常犯些小错误。
        
         这一中一英两个男孩,就是这六本英文课本最主要的角色了。那么,他们中,谁是最大的男主角呢?我一直是比较欣赏Li Lei的(或许也是因为他是中国人?),和很多同学一样认为他是第一男主角。
        
        
        后来,我做了一件极其无聊的事——统计了六本书里每个人出现的次数!
        
         最终结果,Jim的出现次数略高于Li Lei。呵呵,这毕竟是英语课本,就承认Jim的第一男主角地位吧。
          
          7+8:
           统计的数据我现在没有,不过我还能记得最前面的那些孩子。最重要的七个同学组成了第一集团:
           Jim Green
           Li Lei
           Han Meimei
           Kate Green
           Lucy King
           Lily King
           Ann Read
           接下来的第二集团是八位同学:
           Lin Tao
           Wei Hua
           Ling Feng
           Sam
           Bill
           Bruce
           Mary
           Tom Read
           说明一下,Tom的出镜率很低,但是出来的时候文章一般都比较长,何况他是Ann的兄弟,第一册第一张彩页上露脸的人,所以放第二集团不过份。
    说一下第一册第一张彩页吧,我总觉得这有一种英雄排座次的作用。上面有四幅图,三幅是三个家族:Green家族(英国人)、King家族(美国人)、Read家族(加拿大人),每幅都是父母和两个孩子一共四人。第一幅图则是五人:Li Lei、Han Meimei和LinTao,外加老师Miss Gao(Gao Hui)和Uncle Wang。在这张彩页上,第一集团的七人全部在。
        
         Green家族在书中风光无限,露脸机会最多,而且鸡犬升天,连鹦鹉Polly和小猫Mimi(这可是中国猫)都能频频上镜。
        
         相比之下,Read家族就比较惨了,只有一个Ann撑场面,Tom身为彩页上九个孩子之一,在书中几乎消失,真是够郁闷的。
        
        
        重要人物:
           Han Meimei
           如果说谁是第一男主角还存在争议的话,第一女主角就当仁不让的是Han Meimei。这个齐耳短发的中国女孩,文雅温和,智慧善良,几乎是所有女性美德的化身。在书中,她更像是一个姐姐的身份,帮助同学们排忧解难。
        
         很多人都觉得,Li Lei和Han Meimei天生一对。然而我经过统计发现,其实HanMeimei和Jim一起出现的时候更多,尤其是后期。想想也是,排除国际友谊因素,Han Meimei和LiLei的性格是相似的,而跟Jim却是互补的,更适合在一起。
          
        
           Kate
           Kate Green,Jim的妹妹。和哥哥一样,Kate也是昵称,全称是Catherine(凯瑟琳)。同样是一头棕色卷发(不知怎么,Jim和Kate总让我想起哈里.波特中的罗恩和金妮,Han Meimei则让我想起赫敏)。
           Kate很活泼可爱,后来戏份也越来越多。我奇怪为啥她不和同年龄的小朋友们玩,要和大几岁的哥哥的朋友们玩。
          
           Lucy and Lily
           可爱的双胞胎姐妹,来自美国。两个人长得一模一样(美工偷懒,哈)。开始的时候,两人都是同时出现,不过到后来,编者有意扩大她们之间的区别,也经常会单独出镜。
          
           Ann
           Ann是加拿大人,一头金色长发,标准的西方血统。她和Jim、Lilei他们不在一个班,但是和Han Meimei是好朋友,另外她还有一个中国好朋友Chen Hua(女孩)。
           Ann在书中最重头的一次出场是她的生日,重要人物几乎全部出场参加。从此我知道了Fried Chicken,Fish and Chips这两种食物。不过当时没有概念,直到我们家乡出现了肯德鸡……
          
           Lin Tao
           作为在彩页上出现的人物,LinTao还是很重要的,不过不知为什么他在很长一段时间内都不出现,硬是被挤到了第二集团。作为书中唯一的眼镜男孩(大人不算),LinTao长着一副睿智的知识分子模样。不过,不要以为他很文弱,初三课本中,他可是参加了运动会接力跑的冠军成员。
          
           Sam and Bill
           这两个是Jim的死party,沾了不少光。他们三个在一起,1班的体育水平就能提高一个台阶啊。没说的,都是调皮鬼。
          
           Wei Hua
           Han Meimei的好朋友。我发现L、H、J、A四巨头都有各自的好朋友。Wei Hua又是一个热情贤淑型中国女孩,不过感觉不如Han Meimei成熟。
          
           Ling Feng
           跟其他中国孩子相比,Ling Feng显得比较成熟而独立。后期他出现的次数很多,但我最记得的还是他第一次出现时候被Jim的飞盘砸中了脑袋……
          
           Bruce
           澳大利亚男孩,因为在中国看到下雪的圣诞节而欣喜不已。之后他还有多次露面,最有趣的就是和一大群人去猴岛旅游了。
          
           Mary
           很晚才出来,又是一个西方式长发美人。我似乎记得她姓Smith。
          
           其他人……
           除了以上15人之外,还有一些让人记住的同学。比如MaLili,初一初二她都出现了,而且都是喊“起立”的那一个。看来,她就是1班里学号1号的学生了。还有Sun Huimin、Li Ming、LiuMing、Fang Xiaoling、Bob White……等等。
          
           现在想起来,仿佛他们就是我们当初的同学一样……
          
           记得最后一课(澳大利亚的那座大石头山)结束后,结束框里就简简单单一句话:Goodbye everyone,Goodluck!我学到这里不禁热泪盈眶…