 |
||
文章列表-Văn học nghệ
thuật |
||
| Acrobat could not open ¨THREE〃 because
it is ether not a supported file type or because the file has been corrupted
(foe example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasnˇt correctly
decoded).
GENERATIONS GAP WORKING TOGETHER Successful medical field in America gives Americans' longer and healthier lives. Thus, now, in an enterprise, we usually have 3 or 4 generations working together. They are: 1. Traditionalist born before 1946 (62 years or older) The traditionalist went through economically hardship and believed
in saving for rainy days. There are not many traditionalists left in
the workforce. The company is their life and loyalty is an important
moral. They are not easily adapted to change. Traditionalists wanted
their children to have the best, as a result, the "me" generation
arrived. |
||
One
More Stroke
Summer 2008 has almost ended
taking the heated sun away from Southern California. The announcer called for
event #7, girls, six-year old, 25 yard, backstroke. Little girls jumped
in the pool, hanged on the wall, and prepared for their positions. These
kids struggled with their backstroke event; they slithered like little
snakes in the river. But, none of them gave up. They reached the end
of the pool holding backstroke all the way. Next event, 25 yard, breaststroke.
The young athletes hurried to take their positions on the diving board.
"Whistle blow; on your mark; go!" They transformed into little
dolphins diving off the board into the swimming pool, spreading their
feet, stroking their arms, and finally reaching the wall with big smiles
on their At the end of the day, a ceremony was held honoring their accomplishments in 2008 Summer Swim Team. These young athletes were thrilled to receive medals and among them were my twin daughters. They brought their ribbons to us and said, "Mom, Dad, look, we got ribbons and so are my friends (Big smile)!" The 2008 Summer Swim Team
has concluded. These energetic athletes were happy to receive ribbons
for their hard works through out summer. To them, it was not how many
medals they received; or what color of the medals they received; it
was the accomplishment because they finished their races with prides,
especially, they did not give up any event. This is sportsmanship spirit
and marked an end to summer 2008.
By Ung Suy Phan |
||
2007
This year, we introduce a new tradition to our daughters, recapturing the year in your eyes. We would like our daughters keeping their good memories through out their growing stage in life. Since they are only 5 years old, I typed out their words, their thoughts, and edited a little bit here and there. I tried my best to typing out the exact words or phases spoken by them. Sydney and Celine freely expressed themselves through words. Together, we finished a memory page for Sydney and another page for Celine. We had so much fun talking about things that had happened in 2007. It was amazing to hear our daughters told us what were the most memorable moments in 2007. We attached their 2007 memories in our Christmas card sending to our family and friends and wish them Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Phan Suy Ung |
||
Ơi này cô gái Nha Trang Cô đi cô đứng đoan trang diễm kiều Nhất là gái Việt huê kiều Hoàng cầu thế giới cô đều xinh xinh. Hởi này cô gái Khải Minh Cô nào cô nấy thông minh tuyệt vời Làm văn tả cảnh sao trời Chàng nghe chàng ngấm ngấc ngời lên mây.
By: Ung Suy Phan To all women Khai Minh Alumni
|
||
| Chinese
New Year in The Eyes of The Children One
evening, after dinner, we gathered around and looked at pictures of
our last Chinese New Year eve dinner.
Sydney asked, "Why so many dishes on the table? Shrimps, fish, sausages, and vegetables?"
Celine asked, "What is that funny food? It has holes (lotus
root)"? How shall I explain the " New
Year Eve festive dinner menu" mythology to my curious daughters?
SHRIMPSo,
I asked Sydney to say the word shrimp in Cantonese. Quickly, she replied "虾". Then, I asked her to laugh out loud.
She opened her mouth widely, "Ha Ha Ha".
That was why we eat shrimp because it represents happiness. Celine giggled…. FISH"I
love "魚" with soy sauce", Sydney said. Celine jumped in and said, "It's my
favorite food too". In
Chinese pronunciation, fish meant lots of money to keep ("餘"). "Can I feed my piggy bank" Celine
asked? Sure, you will
receive red envelopes and feed your piggy.
"Me too", Sydney added. SAUSAGE"I
love 腊肠", Celine shouted out.
"Uhm…. Tasty", Sydney looked at the picture and smiled. Sausages resample eternity ("长久")
meaning that we are going to be together. LOTUS ROOT
Celine
said, "Mom, this is a funny looking vegetable!". Sydney laughed and made her statement,
"I don't want to eat this!".
Well, this is very good to eat.
You have been eating this when Mom made soup, but I cut into
small pieces and you did not recognize them.
Eating lotus roots (莲 藕) meant no obstacles with works and
everything else for the entire year (萬 事
通). Oh… (from the children). "Obstacles? What does it mean Mom?",
asked Sydney. It meant
everything will go our ways, no blockages.
"Like a wall 姐 姐, so you don't bump into it again!",
Celine explained. DRIED BLACK MOSS
"Eh…..What
is that? It looks like our hairs", shouted Sydney and Celine. This is a kind of seaweed. We ate them because the pronunciation in
Chinese of this vegetable is "发菜" which meant lots of money. [puzzle faces…..clueless with the word
发菜] The
rest of the evening, we continued our conversation about foods for
Chinese New Year, dragon dance, and new clothes.
They jumped around the house put on color bed sheet and played
dragon dance. We sure
enjoyed our culture night with our lovely daughters. May
you have a festive Chinese New Eve dinner with family and friends! 乾杯! By
Ung Suy Phan California,
January 25, 2007 Notes from author: Every family has its
own special dishes for its Chinese New Year eve dinner. The above dishes are among few items at
our dinner. A special thanks to my oldest sister, 潘 翠 华, who cooked and made it happened every year for us. And
another special thanks to my oldest brother in law hosting Chinese
New Year eve dinner yearly. I dedicate this article to
my ABC
[1]
nieces and nephews who are always looking forward
yearly to this traditional dinner and sharing our Chinese culture
together. |
||
A
New Year's Wish A
New Year's Wish |
||
Santa
Clause's Wish
Angle and Princess, time to go to sleep. Mommy, could you tell us a bedtime story, please. Alright, tonight, mommy will tell you special story…. Once upon a time, it was the night before Christmas. Everyone is sounded
asleep. The night was peak dark and it is only shined by moonlight.
Ho! Ho! Ho! A shadow of a sled, reindeers, and an old man appeared from
a distance. He circled and Love, Hopped onto his sled, Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas to all! Good night! Angle; Good night ! Princess; sweet dream! Merry Christmas! To our service men and women |
||
MY
THANKSGIVING DINNER
Happy Thanksgiving! By: Ung Suy Phan |
||
|
||
The
Beach By Ưng Suy Phan |
||
Summer has begu By: Ung Suy Phan |
||
HÈ |
||
Con chim nho nhỏ Trên cành líu lo Thì thầm nhỏ
to Với nàng phượng
đỏ Ô
kìa ai đó? Khoe mình với
gió Re re viú vo Chính là ve nhỏ Dưới bóng
cây to Cô học
trò nhỏ Cỏi lòng tự
do Ngấm hoa phượng
đỏ Ba tháng khỏi
lo Học bài nộp
vở Dệt mộng
làm thơ Hởi
cô bạn nhỏ? By Ưng Suy Phan HÈ Post
date: 6-29-06 |
||
我的爸爸 潘翠膺 |
||
“翠膺”，“Phan Suy Ung”， 這個名字，中文，越文， 都可以說是獨一無二。 "膺"，一個不平凡的名字訂下一位小女孩剛剛出生在芽莊市。小時候，我問爸爸，
“為什麼選出我的名是那麼難寫？”，他微笑回答 “翠膺”，原本，大鳥“鷹”是你的名。我想你自由自在飛往天上看出彩虹, 看出世界 有好多人認為父親很難交溝，很嚴格。而我，我覺得甚麼事也可以和爸爸談, 歷史, 天文地理也好。從小我沒有跟父母住。一九七一年，我從西貢回芽莊和家人一起住。小時後，我很早起。每早五點多，只有我和爸爸，我問好多方面，關於家人，海南島 …..他特別有耐心解釋一切給我聽。他還教我海南話。 “人生不經一事不長一智”， 一九七九年，在一艘小船飄浮大海, 爸爸這一句話深深的印在我的腦海。十三天飄游在海上，他充滿的自信，安慰我，“我們一家人，一定會安全到香港。”如今，每次掽到難題，就想起這句話。 一九七九年離鄉旅途追尋自由的經歷讓我成熟了好多，學懂得怎麼樣保護家人，保護自己。 一九八零年，爸爸病重時，他心理有數，知道快要離開這個世界, 沉靜的說“離開越南，我放棄一些，沒有後悔這個決定。現在沒有金錢留給你和妹妹，但能留下來無限燦爛的前途，你們要好好把握。” 就是這樣，我努力，奮鬥，把握每一個機會，達到現今的成果。爸爸，謝謝你給我無價之寶，自由和前途。 如今，我有自己的家庭。爸爸每一句話依然在我耳邊提醒了我怎樣做人妻子，怎樣做人母親，怎樣做個腳踏實地的人。爸爸，雖然你不在我的身邊，但你的教訓，你的語言，永遠在我心裡。 念念不忘 翠膺 |
||
Fathers
then & now |
||
Today is one of the first Father's
Days of our new millennium. Fathers of 1900  didn't
have it nearly as good as fathers of today; but they did have a few advantages:
In 1900, fathers prayed their children would learn English. Researched and sent by Ung Suy Phan |
||
母親節 二零零六年母親節專輯 潘翠膺 |
||
'早晨媽媽, 早晨爸爸. 今天, 我不會打姊姊, 我們一起玩. 我是否好乖？媽媽,
我們是否去圖書館? 我幫手種花. 今天有太陽, 好唷! 我想騎腳踏車?' [微微笑]. 這是我們的小公主, 芯薏, 四歲. 每一個早上, 她充滿了精力活潑像一隻小鳥.
'早晨媽媽, 早晨爸爸, 早晨妹妹.' 這是我們的小天使, 芯筎. 她喜歡躺下來, 擁抱藍色枕頭, 聽小妹妹(小兩分鐘) 不停的聲音. 她躺在床上哈哈笑. 每天上班, 我想念公主的小鳥聲音和小天使的微笑. 於然, 她們會打電話?我 "have a nice day at work, mom". 我說 " Have a nice day staying home". 下午, 她 門 來電問 '黑默默了, 太陽快要下山了, 你快快回家吃飯.' 聽到她們的?音, 多少疲倦, 多少壓力, 忽然飛上空. 雙胞胎? 好多朋友, 同事問我怎樣教養雙胞? 間單答案是'雙力雙喜 double works, double fun'. 在醫院, 第一次抱抱四小手, 撫撫四小腳, 聽聽兩個心, 無法形容的感覺, 汪汪的眼淚, 心滿意足. '母親節'多少子女用這機會帶父母去吃飯. 我想用這一天表達出來我的感覺 '謝謝天上讓我當媽媽 Thank you for letting me be a mother'.
四小小手 祝每一位母親 － 母親節快樂 潘翠膺 |
||
THƠ HẠN CHỮ TRÒ
CHƠI CỔ PHIẾU |
||
Mười người chơi stock, chin người thua, Không xoạn bài vỡ, chỉ chơi hùa, Ngày nay nghe nói, mai đi mua, Mua vào thấy lỗ, bán cho vừa, Ba lần bảy lược, ta cứ thua, Tổn hao tứ phía vẫn chưa chừa, Hai nồi một nấp, ta lại thử, Năm sáu stocks ta lại cứ mua, Tám tháng trade không lời một nữa, Đâu lưng, mỏi mắt, mất ngũ trưa, Thôi đành giải nghệ lập lời hứa, Năm sau chơi
stock, bái “Su Phu”. Thơ Hạn Chữ By Ung Suy Phan April 19, 2006 Post date: 4-20-06
Please read (限字詩)
|
faces.
Ignoring the referees who had clocked their times and records, climbing
up the swimming pool, they ran straight to their parents with cheering,
jumping, hugging, and high fives. To these young athletes, it was not
about whose touched the wall first, but it was all about the joy that
they were able to reach the finish line. One even said, "I had
zero energy left in my body." But, when the announcer called for
event #32, girls, six-year old, 50 yard, free-style, again, they were
hurried to take their positions on the diving board with 100% of their
energy recharged within 30 minutes. Once again, these young athletes
performed their best in the swimming pool, finishing their race with
prides. Have anyone seen a group of 6 years old kids on butterfly stroke
race? They did not have the muscles to swing their arms high up in the
air; nevertheless, they could hold their breath extremely long and kicked
their feet up and down. It was fascinating watching them just like you
were watching a group of little mermaid playing under the water. Once,
climbing out of the pool, they stood by the pool and cheered for their
teammates. They were anxiously waiting for their next events in the
pool. All day, the kids continued with their individual and relay events.
circled
his sled around the sky, but could not find any houses with chimneys
to land. That was odds? Rounds and rounds he went. Finally, he landed
his sled on soft sand. Since there were no chimneys to climb, he decided
to tip toe into this unusual house. In this house, there were no lights,
no decors, and no Christmas tree. On their walls, there were kids' color
pictures. Many letters placed on empty canvas beds. He saw neither milk
nor cookies. Where was everyone at this hour? Weren't they supposed
to sleep so I could put down presents? What a strange house this could
be? Oh! He realized; Rudolph has guided his sled a desert. He has landed
his sled in desert sand and entered a house of the soldiers. He checked
his list twice; there are no wishes and no letters from the soldiers.
What should he do? Then, he opened his bag, pulled out letters and coloring
pictures with loves from far lands; put them on their canvas beds. On
a piece of paper, he wrote:
。
“翠”代表我的女兒是寶貝如珠。後來，我想大鳥鷹的鷹太強壯, 像男子漢，那就決定選下面“月”的膺取
如意
Khải
Minh Alumni 潘翠膺Phan Suy Ung (Annie Lam) |
|||
|
 
 |
||
OLD
& NEW 潘翠膺Phan Suy Ung (Annie Lam) |
|||
 |
Make new friends, but don't forget
the old, |
||
KHAI
MINH'S MEMORIES |
|||
|
I only lived in Nha Trang when I was a baby. By 4 years old, I moved to Saigon and attended Catholic French School until I was 6 years old. At that time, I spoke and wrote French and Vietnamese fluently. I spoke fluently in Chinese, yet I cannot read or write Chinese. 1971, a year to remember, my dad came to Saigon and brought me back to Nha Trang with him. He said "you are a Chinese, you have to learn how read and write in Chinese". In this little town, I attended my 1st Chinese School, Khai Minh. Because I did not know how to read or write Chinese, I started at Kindergarten. The first day of school, my dad reminded me that "Pan Cui Ying" is my name in school, should not wait for the "Phan Suy Ung", because this is a Chinese school. The first day of school was awkward. I attended the same class with my younger sister. Other students asked her who I was. My little sister said: "She is my sister who came from suburban (chi toi o nha que moi len)". I did not know how to write in calligraphy. I started learning how to write my Chinese name. At that time, I hated my name so much because it has too many strokes. Can you tell?潘翠膺. After a week in Kindergarten, I learned how to write Chinese and made many friends. [Yet! I still keep in touch with my kindergarten friends now!]. Afterward, going to school was fun. I was nominated to be the Captain 班長 of class 1C (Homeroom teach 班主任? I forgot), then 2C (Homeroom teacher: Luu My An 劉美安老師), and 3B (Homeroom teacher: Han Hong 韓紅老師). I remembered that students had to take turn to do classroom cleaning daily. One day, it was my group (4 girls) turn to do clean the classroom. As usually, we did not clean the class immediately. We played games, talking until we heard voices. We thought that there were ghosts, and we ran all the way down to first floor. We then found out that the guys in our class stayed over and hided behind the bungalow to scare the girls. No wonder the old saying "1st demon, 2nd ghost, then 3rd student" (Nhat quy, nhi ma, thu ba hoc tro). Annually, Khai Minh has a tradition voting Student Role Model 模範生 (hoc sinh guong mau) of each class. Fortunately, I was nominated and won the election every year from 1C, 2C, and 3B. The most memory election would be in class 3B. At election date, each student wrote one nominated name in a piece of paper and placed in a box. Then, the teacher will draw the paper out of the box and read of the name. A student will stand by the blackboard and start writing the word 正 because it has 5 strokes. Once, the word is completed, it is counted as 5 votes. My name was called so many times and it appeared that all the guys in the class voted for me. Why? (Sorry! I don't have an answer). The last time I attended Khai Minh was in April 1975. I left Khai Minh and studied in Saigon since April 1975. My years with Khai Minh were very short (3 ? years), but my memories with Khai Minh are eternity.
|
|||
Nha
Trang, a town locates in middle of Viet Nam. This is the place where
you can find white sand beach, good foods, but yet friendly people.
This is the place I call HOME, my birthplace.