2007 年3月1日
小时候俺喜欢坐在俺爹的膝头仰着脸问俺爹，他以前打仗时的事。爹不太爱讲以前的事，在俺一再地坚持之下，俺爹轻轻地抚摸着俺的头，双眼凝视着远方，像讲古一样给俺讲述了两件事。
第一次上战场，俺爹年轻，还不太会扔手榴弹，将手榴弹扔得太高，手榴弹刚到半空就爆炸了。当时俺爹所在的部队装备很差，可敌人看到凌空的爆炸，以为共军装上了小钢炮，纷纷慌张地退下。阵地保住了。真可谓，兵不厌诈。听到这，俺笑了。俺爹也笑了。
有一天夜里，俺爹上岗，到了换岗的时候，俺爹走下岗亭，另一个年轻的小战士爬上了岗亭，不到几秒钟的时间，那个小战士，就从上面滑到了坑道里，他的喉部中弹，几乎说不出话来，他用双手拼命地抓着俺爹，用尽全力说，：“快，快，快叫排长来”。 鲜血从小战士的喉部喷洒在俺爹的脸上和身上。听到这，年幼的俺流了一脸的热泪，俺知道，是那小战士的死换来了俺爹的生。那一刻，俺爹像雕塑一样的脸永久地刻在了我的心里。
过年的焰火
2007 年2月28 日
海外生活的十五年中, 难得有机会在老家过年。说实在的，这过年的气氛也只有在老家才能体会到。记忆中，以往的大年夜是在震耳欲聋的爆竹声中度过的。今年的三十之夜，大连的老家则统统是在彻夜不停的焰火的笼罩之下。
孩子的大舅有心，抱来了两大包巨大的礼花，想让这上洋学堂的外甥和他的兄弟们有机会体会一下地道的中国年，敦敦可是开了眼，因为全世界不是很多孩子有放礼花的机会，置身于漫天飞舞的礼花和五颜六色的焰火，敦敦激动地紧握着我的手。
我也是生平第一次感受这一夜的火树银花，人生和这礼花一样的灿烂，再灿烂的瞬间也会随即消失，消失的礼花并不失其美丽，也正是这美丽的瞬间在孩子心中成了永恒。临走时敦敦告诉姥姥，他过了一个非常难忘的春节，他人要回上海了，可他的心却留了下来。
23 Feb.2007
I can't believe that I spent half a year travelling with my nine year old son to so many different places.
Within 6 months ( Sept 2006 to Feb. 2007), we have been to 10 places. We went to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guilin, Xian, Beijing, Sanya, Dalian, Zhouzhuang (a river town near Shanghai) and Cambodia. We reached the peak of Mountain Hua, the most dangerous mountain in China.
It has been such a great experience.
The 9 year old observed the life of poor people in Cambidia and see how simple life can be. He realised the local girls have no money to buy shampoo,we saved all our hotel bath room supply for the little girls he meet all the way, he donated all the money he got by selling rubbish ( RMB 50 Yuan) in past 6 months at home to the Children Hospital in Angkor, Cambodia.
I brought ten bronze Budda figures from a man with only one leg near one of the old temples we visited, I said to Don Don that I bought those figures not for the value but to help handicap people like this man. He lost one leg when he was young. He did nothing wrong but he has to suffer all his life. The poor man has to sell those Budda figures for his family to survive.
I was so glad that Don Don was attracted not only by the beauty of the budda and old temples in Angkor but also or even more by the people who live there. He will never forget the happy eyes of the little girls that got shampoo from him.
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