12.30.2004
i was sitting down at the tea table in our living room....i was drinking my (ryan's) coffee...
the tv was on...it was about the non-stop showing and talking about the south asia tsunami....
holding the coffee, the next thing i knew was that i couldn't watch it anymore, and my tears ran down of my face... and that was my first thing of this morning.
however, the bright side of my day today was that i finally met this cool and cutest four-year-old kid james when i fooled around this afternoon in ryan's class. those kids are under seven, they are so innocent and so cute. Every one of them showed me how much they have learned in the class, not only by showing me they can read, books by books, they actually chatted in english the whole time.....i was amazed. I have got many sweet little smiles and hugs already! I love those guys!
walked out (i mean struggled out, because i was wrapped and tight up by those little arms and legs when i tried to walk to the door), said goodbye to the angels, i realized there are still other parts of world where people, especially, babies, kids are suffering and hopeless.
i keep thinking about what this four-year-old girl's word in taipei airport when she screamed so angrily with her little spoilt princess tone to the journalists:
"Stop, are you guys idiots? Don't you know if you kept asking me what happened in the tsunami, it will just give me nightmares!!!"
apparently she has survived from the tsunami but lost one parent....
i cried when i saw the image of her grandfather holding her and she only closed her wet eyes saying 'grandpa, grandpa....'
i just wish that i could somehow help, help more ...
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