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        shirleyxu  54, Female, China - 301 entries
    01
    May 2007
    5:10 AM EST
       

    我家的道德经论坛 按常理, 跟一个十岁的孩子讲经论道, 应该是挺难的, 但是 当这孩子的悟性超过你时, 情形就大不一样了. 今天早上我 花十五分钟, 在敦敦享受早餐时, 试着跟敦敦谈论老子的道德 经, 我感觉孩子对 ‘道’ 的悟性超过了我, 而且几乎是推着 我走. 孩子对 ‘道体心物一体’, ‘对立统一’ 这些抽象 ‘道 论’ 的领悟出乎意料地轻松. 我问敦敦 ’好’ 和 ‘坏’ 如何 统一, 他马上回答, ‘好’ 和 ‘坏’ 本来就是连着的, 是一个 东西. 我暗叹, 敦子得 ‘道’ 全不费功夫. 我心里也清楚, 接下来是他教我还是我教他都很难说了. 半小时后, 轮到我和老公吃早餐了, 我试着看看我家这位四十 多岁的大男人对 ‘无中有, 有中无’ 的领悟速度, 不出我之 所料, 老公半天反应不过来, 让他在一两分钟之内用想象中的 例子来说明 ‘道’, 几乎是不可能的. 我只好跟老公说, ‘报 歉, 因为您清晨时分对抽象概念的 ‘反应时’ 超过了我计划早 餐十五分钟的课时. 我只能放弃对你开早餐 ‘道论课’ 的想 法,’ 如果您心有不甘, 还想接着参与我们的论坛, 想法找 别的时间先把水平拉齐吧. 很显然, 清晨时刻 ‘老子’ 不 如 ‘小子’. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆. 直到今天,我才深深地体会到, 当初坚 持让敦敦学习中文的艰苦努力是值得的. 当年5岁的敦敦考上 香港的所谓一流国际学校, ‘德瑞学校’. 用别人的话来说,我 们是 ‘买马票, 中了三T’. 可我们考虑再三, 让他上了康乐 园国际学校, 德瑞学校要学德文和英文, 而康乐园除了学英 文, 每天都有一小时的中文课. 感谢耐心, 而且有经验的林 老师, 三年下来, 让中文在这帮小’假洋鬼子’ 心中扎下了 根. 新加坡的两年, 我们没送孩子上更适合他性格的国际学校, 这个决定有失有得, 孩子在那段时间,失去了自由思考和创意 带来的快乐, 但敦敦的人生经受历练, 在本地小学压抑的气 氛中咬牙切齿地坚持中文学习. 这前后4年的基础, 为他在上 海中学的中文飞跃性进步做了苦涩但实在的铺垫. 如果没有中 文的基础, 敦敦无法在这个年纪跟我们谈经论道. 中英文的掌 握使东西方文化这两条溪流在他心里自然地交汇. 西方文明走 到今天, 陷入了很多的困惑, 东方文化也有不可忽视的缺 陷, 培养孩子融东贯西的精气神, 才能使他们的精神进入自由 境界, 长大后能自信勇敢地拥抱快乐的未来.
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        justjeff  60, Male, North Carolina, USA - 22 entries
    29
    Apr 2007
    11:32 PM EDT
       

    I'm at work. 3rd shift. An uneventful evening, therefore, I have a little time to do a little journaling. I need to do better at keeping my journal up to date. I have found that journaling to be quite therapeutic if I keep up with it regularly. Sunday was uneventful, with the exception of having a breakfast date after getting off work this AM. He's a nice guy, named Keith. A professional guy, fairly attractive, but I just don't feel any "special" spark with him at all. Over time, I have realized that I have a pretty good "sense" about a person on a first meeting. Especially, whether we will "click" or not. In this particular situation, I felt he was a nice person, but no chemistry between us. After the date, I went home, took a nap until 4:30 when Elliot woke me and wanted to go out to eat. I got up...took him to his favorite local Mexican Restaurant...La Hacienda. Afterwards, I came back home and slept until time to go back to work. See! An uneventful day ! I'm still having trouble with the idea of Elliot moving to New York at the end of the summer. If I think about it much at all, I'm brought to tears. I just love that boy. He's like my own son. I'm not sure "son" is totally the right word, but definitely a combination of "son", "little brother", "child", and "best friend". It all depends on the scenario and situation. However, he's one of the most important people in my life. Elliot was so influential in my abiltiy to be strong enough to "come out" and be true to myself, family, and friends. He was there for me, when most of my closest friends didn't know what to think of me after announcing I was gay. As a roommate, Elliot is family. We care about one another and not just coexist in the same space. We spend time together. We enjoy one another's company. We like similar TV/movies. We enjoy playing cards together, bowling, playing pool together. We have spent time hiking and camping on the Appalachian Trail and on Stone Mountain in Elkin, NC. The thought of us not living together and having daily contact is almost more than I can bear. Not seeing him daily and knowing he's safe, is almost more than I can bear. I'm so blasted protective of him. I guess being he's so young (24) and looks so much younger. He just has an innocence about him. I know a very special season of our life is drawing to a close. He's about to "spread his wings" and take a "test flight". I'm so proud of him. I'm just going to miss him more than I can ever imagine. O GOD HELP ME !!!
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        Jessy5211  35, Female, Ohio, USA - 22 entries
    30
    Apr 2007
    10:50 AM EDT
       

    today we had a spanish class field trip nd went to casa fiesta..it was funn but basically it was all kinds a hoes bumpin nd grindin on eachother but it was fun...they had really hot mexican waiters too..like reallllllllllly :]] soo i got an A++ on this research paper i did ...i was surprisedd..oh well i'm a smart cookie...well my weekend was pretty boring friday i drank a bit went home got sick for all of saturday then sunday i babysat..but friday my cell phone got shut off but i paid the $105 bill nd its gettin turned back on hopefully taday :]] payce out saggin
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        Jocelyn  55, Female, Taiwan - 13 entries
    29
    Apr 2007
    10:47 PM EDT
       

    Still the music's on. I wasn't in the mood to do anything. I have been feeling upset for too long, and will have to wait till the end of May, then, everything'd be clear. Last night I watch that models competition, it's the final. I wished Jonie would win out, but she lost to Danille in the end. I couldn't accept it at all. Jonie's more pretty and witty, she's the one and everybody knows that. I just don't get it why they chose D instead. I wonder if they played some tricks here. Or they suprised the audiences on purpose as they said good things about Jonie but that doesn't mean they got to pick her. Now, I see it's only a show. I felt like a fool for watching that.
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        martytx07  37, Male, Texas, USA - 53 entries
    30
    Apr 2007
    8:42 AM CST
       

    Ok, well right now I'm at school, in the lirbrary. Just waiting until like 3:40, so like in 5 minutes when I'm going to go to the front of the school and sell pizza for NHS. It's pretty cool selling but sometimes the pizza is like not cut right so I have to stugle for a minute to get it undone. Ok, so anyways, umm, nothing has really been going on. The weekend was pretty boring I guess. We were suppose to go to the lake but it got too late so we just had a bar-b-que so that was alright. Sunday morning, me and my family went to some restaruant in Irving and I ate me this barbocoba taco for like 3 bucks and it was pretty good. The burrito was HUGE and super duper greesy which wasn't very good...lol. Oh, and my bank is being retarded right now so I'm gonna probably go over there when I get done with all the school stuff. I'm staying till 5 today for I can go to a study session in Psychology. OMG, we got this review today and holy freaking crap, I forgot EVERYTHING, and so that's totally not cool. Ok, well anyways, that's all I have to say right now I guess so until next time! Graduation is in like one more month from tomorrow!!! Excited but still somewhat scared...it's a big step from kids to adults. I hope I can figure out what college I wanna go to...I think I'm just gonna go to a community college here in the Dallas area...maybe North Lake or some other community college. Maybe try UTA....Lataz!
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        Brookie  38, Female, Louisiana, USA - 3 entries
    30
    Apr 2007
    8:12 AM CDT
       

    For many people that have children out there...Ever wonder why toddlers have their own train of thought? If your the parent why does it seem like I am the child when it comes to correction and disicipline? I guess all I am is full of questions because life is to short to waste time thinking of a way to push the problem aside to get rid of something at hand...How do you figure it out? I wouldn't change have my blessings for anythingin the world..I'd just wish I could control the situation a little bit better...until next time....

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        ronowen  70, Male, Texas, USA - 114 entries
    29
    Apr 2007
    6:06 AM CST
       

    Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 1 PM
    The third plasma transfer was successful - again he tolerated it well. We had a talk with the doctor, who is by the way, not on call. They will be continuing physical therapy today. The doctor says all of his labs are normal. Overall, the doc says we just have to continue to be patient and that this is the hardest part of this illness. He responded to Tiffany when asked to wrinkle his forehead. We are holding on to our faith!
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        ronowen  70, Male, Texas, USA - 114 entries
    29
    Apr 2007
    4:55 AM CST
       

    Sunday, April 29, 2007
    The night was uneventful. His condition remains the same. He had plasma transfer with albumin yesterday, which went well. He will be having this performed again today. His vital signs throughout the night were good. To clarify any misunderstanding, Ron (not Ray) is NOT in Dallas; he is still in Tyler at ETMC where he continues to receive great care.
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        Brookie  38, Female, Louisiana, USA - 3 entries
    29
    Apr 2007
    4:54 PM CDT
       

    I am getting married at the end of the year. Iam really very new at this so coming up with what to say at first is going to be a challenge, but there after it should fly... Anywho, I am getting married at the end of the year and my question is how do you know your ready? Or does anyone feel that you should shape yourself up for marrige? What if the groom thinks that way, but the bride doesn't? All Iam saying is this...even though is not until November..What do you do with the pressure until then? When we argue now its, well we are not getting married..Why is the pressure all on me??

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        bericu  50, Female, Missouri, USA - 20 entries
    29
    Apr 2007
    4:11 PM CDT
       

    TODAY IS MY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY....yeah..i think...
    I took Charlie to my mom's house and let him run for hours ...we live in the city, so he is always on a leash...today he did not have to be...he enjoyed himself so much...
    I saw the therapist again on Thursday morning, this was an alone session...she told me that she thought I was chasing David and to stop. She told me to not call him, just let him be, let him see what it is like when I dont call him or tell him that I love him...I dont really know what to make of this, i did not realize I was chasing him, I thought that when you are married, you are supposed to talk to your spouse...
    I took her advice and have not called David one time...I think David is starting to notice...while I was at my mothers house, he called my 7 times on my cell phone and left messages wanting to know where i was....when I finally called him he was so glad to hear my voice (that is what he said)...I was not avoiding his calls, where my mom lives there is no signal ...so I had no idea he had tried to call me...
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